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'Historic Decision': Zelenskiy Hails ICC Move, Blames Putin for Child Deportations

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Last Updated: March 18, 2023, 03:09 IST

Kyiv, Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Image: Reuters)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Image: Reuters)

On Friday, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin was historic and blamed Putin for the deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children.

“This is an historic decision which will lead to historic accountability,” he said in his nightly video address. The real number of deported children could be far more” than 16,000, he said, and added their deportations constituted a policy of “state evil which starts precisely with the top official of this state.”

He further said, “It would have been impossible to enact such a criminal operation without the say-so of the man at the helm of the terrorist state.”

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first published:March 18, 2023, 03:09 IST
last updated:March 18, 2023, 03:09 IST