Arrest warrant issued against Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court for the war in Ukraine

The court said in a statement that Vladimir Putin "would be responsible for the war crime of illegal deportation of the population (of children) and illegal transfer of population (children) from the occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation"

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ICC President issues arrest warrant for President Putin

A warrant has been issued by the International Criminal Court for the war crimes of Russian President Putin for his involvement in the abduction of children in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Presidential Advisor for Children's Rights Daria Herasymchuk reported last month that nearly 14,000 Ukrainian children had been abducted.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said in a statement that Putin would be responsible for the illegal deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia, which amounts to war crimes.

He also issued an arrest warrant for Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation, for similar allegations.

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Moscow has previously said it does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC and has denied allegations of war crimes during the invasion.

“We do not recognize this tribunal; we do not recognize its jurisdiction,” Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday.

On Monday, ICC prosecutors announced they would formally open two war crimes cases and issue arrest warrants for several Russians found responsible for the mass kidnapping of Ukrainian children and the targeting of infrastructure Ukrainian civilians.

On Thursday, a UN-backed investigation cited Russian attacks on civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killings in occupied areas, among potential issues that constitute war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity.

The extensive investigation also uncovered crimes committed against Ukrainians on Russian territory, including deported Ukrainian children who were prevented from reuniting with their families, a "filtration...