ICC Judges Issue Putin’s Arrest Warrant Over War Crime In Ukraine

Judges in the International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague on Friday issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine.

Also, the court issued a warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, on the same charges.

In its first warrant for Ukraine, the ICC called for Putin’s arrest on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.

Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations that its forces have committed atrocities during its one-year invasion of the neighbouring Ukraine.

In reaction, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on her Telegram channel that the ICC arrest warrants “have no meaning for our country, including from a legal point of view.”

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