since the region was illegally annexed by russia. he has been accused of war crimes by the international criminal court, specifically the forced deportation of children from ukraine to russia. efforts are continuing in ukraine to bring home children who have gone missing since the invasion. james lansdale reports. vladimir putin today in sevastopol. there to open an arts centre and mark the anniversary of russia s illegal annexation of crimea. one place he can still visit without risk of arrest after international prosecutors accused him of war crimes. the united states may not accept the jurisdiction of the international criminal court, but president biden welcomed its decision nonetheless. well, i think it s justified, but the question is, it s not recognised internationally by us either but i think it makes a very strong point. he has clearly committed war crimes. thank you. the allegations are that mr putin has personal criminal responsibility for deporting children from occupied
the months of battles in the courts are now spilling into pakistan s streets, with neither side conceding ground. caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. president putin has flown into crimea in ukraine to mark nine years since the region was illegally annexed by russia. he has been accused of war crimes by the international criminal court, specifically the forced deportation of children from ukraine to russia. efforts are continuing ukraine to bring home children who have gone missing since the invasion. james lansdale reports. vladimir putin today in sevastopol. there to open an arts centre and mark the anniversary of russia s illegal annexation of crimea. one place he can still visit without risk of arrest after international prosecutors accused him of war crimes. the united states may not accept the jurisdiction of the international criminal court,
over it. i was amazed at how much pressure i put myself under and you got me out of trouble. lots more cheltenham reaction on the bbc sport website and al the details of those european draws didn t mention the europe conference league, west ham will face belgians gent and that s all the sport for now. our top story. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for president vladimir putin and the head of the russian children s commission for alleged war crimes in ukraine. they are accused of forcibly deporting children from ukraine to russia. ukraine s presidential chief of staff andriy yermak lauded the decision as only the beginning . here s our diplomatic correspondent james lansdale who is in kyiv with the latest. the key point about this is the international criminal court has chosen to focus on president
can negotiate with the united states, so the situation is becoming more and more complicated for russia and now more than ever it needs other partners on the international radar who can speak if not in favour of russia at least am not criticising it. earlier i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent james lansdale. i asked him why the arrest warrant is so significant, given russia is not a signatory to the icc. if that is the baseline, then we should note that ukraine is not a signatory to the icc and nor is the united states. the united states doesn t recognise the authority of the icc. the key point about this is the international criminal court has chosen to focus on president putin. the court could have focused on lots of other military commanders on the russian side who have bombed civilians, schools, hospitals, residential areas, all of which are accused of being war crimes.