The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. File photo: Kremlin Pool via AP
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. File photo: Kremlin Pool via AP
Ukraine war

Putin’s war crimes warrant could complicate Ukraine peace

  • Judges in The Hague found ‘reasonable grounds to believe’ that Putin and his commissioner for children’s rights were responsible for war crimes
  • The warrants will create ‘a great reluctance to talk about peace [and] about truce’ in Ukraine, populist Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. File photo: Kremlin Pool via AP
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine. File photo: Kremlin Pool via AP
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