ICC issues war crimes arrest warrant for Putin


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The International Criminal Court on Friday announced an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children. The Hague-based ICC said it had also issued a warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's presidential commissioner for children's rights, on similar charges. The Kremlin dismissed the orders as "void". Russia is not a party to the ICC so it was unclear if or how Putin could ever be extradited. War-battered Ukraine welcomed the ICC announcement, with the nation's chief prosecutor saying the "historic" warrant for Putin was "just the beginning". The court's shock notice came...