Kyiv reacted immediately after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, accusing him of war crimes committed in Ukraine, The Guardian and CNN reported.
Ukraine congratulated the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday for issuing an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The ICC demanded the arrest of Putin on suspicion of illegal deportation of children and illegal transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation. Arrest warrants were also issued for Maria Lvova-Belova, the Commissioner for Children’s Rights of Russia, on the same charges.
“The wheels of justice are turning: I welcome the ICC’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for the forced transfer of Ukrainian children,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin called the ICC’s decision “historic for Ukraine and the entire system of international law.”
“Today’s decision is a historic step. But this is only the beginning of a long road to restoring justice,” Kostin said in the Telegram messenger.
The head of the Presidential Administration, Andriy Yermak, said that issuing a warrant against Putin is “just the beginning.”
According to him, Ukraine closely cooperates with the International Criminal Court and is currently investigating more than 16,000 cases of forced deportation of children to Russia. To date, Ukraine has managed to secure the return of 308 children.
Moscow denies allegations that its forces committed atrocities during the year-long invasion of its neighbor.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas writes that the ICC’s decision is “one step closer to doomsday.” The arrest warrant issued by the court against Vladimir Putin sends “a historic signal: all atrocities against Ukraine stem from the criminal policies of Russian leaders,” Kallas wrote on Twitter.
“Putin is undoubtedly responsible for war crimes and should be tried for the crime of aggression. I welcome the decision of the International Criminal Court,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavsky.
Source: Hot News
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