ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin over War Crimes

The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrest. The ICC has accused the president of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine. Reuters reported earlier this week the court was expected to hand out several warrants but it wasn’t known at the time which Russian officials would be wanted for alleged war crimes.

Putin, along with Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, are facing charges. The ICC issued the warrant on the grounds of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from Ukraine to Russia. Ukraine has said more than 16,000 children have been illegally transferred to Russia or Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine. A U.S.-backed report by Yale University researchers last month said Russia has held at least 6,000 Ukrainian children at sites in Crimea.

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