The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing that Moscow’s forced deportation of Ukrainian children is a war crime, and the Kremlin is outraged by the International Criminal Court’s decision.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 388, LIVETEXT:

08:46The United Nations Aviation Council voted on Friday to consider a case against Russia over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, the foreign ministers of Australia and the Netherlands said, Reuters reported.

A brief summary of recent events:

• The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, says that it is quite possible to try Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing a number of examples of war criminals such as Slobodan Milosevic, Ratko Mladic, Charles Taylor, who were tried for their crimes and convicted, according to CNN.
• The White House says it “remains to be seen” whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will eventually be tried for alleged war crimes after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Friday, but the US will continue to help Ukraine document Moscow’s actions . .
• The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, praised Friday’s decision of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for the President of Russia, Volodymyr Putin, and the Commissioner for Children’s Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova.
• International reaction to Putin’s arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court: “One step closer to doomsday”
• Erdogan supports Finland’s NATO candidacy, but says NO to Sweden. President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey’s parliament would begin ratifying Finland’s NATO membership, clearing the biggest obstacle to expanding the Western defense alliance amid the war in Ukraine, although he delayed approving Sweden’s bid.
• The arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Vladimir Putin is likely to be seen by the Kremlin as evidence that the West wants to remove the current leader from the Kremlin, journalist Andrew Roth notes in an analysis for The Guardian.
• A senior EU official confirmed to Reuters that “several” member states are likely to sign an agreement on March 20 to supply Ukraine with 155mm artillery shells.
• Norway will maintain gas supplies to the EU for 4-5 years. Norway, which has become Europe’s biggest supplier of gas since the war in Ukraine, will maintain its supplies at current levels “for the next four to five years,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Haar Støre promised on Friday, AFP reports.

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