say are horrifying in transferring kids to russia, in some case having been adopted by russian parents and given russian citizenship, but the point is these were done forcibly often and separating in some cases mothers from their children. president zelenskyy spoke about the scale of these alleged atrocities. translator: this is a historic decision that will lead to historic responsibility. more than 16,000 cases of forced deportation of the ukrainian children by the occupier have already been recorded, but the real number of full depor p por may be higher. reporter: now getting putin to court is an entirely different matter entirely, but
countries recognize its jurisdiction and if putin travels to any one of them he could be potentially arrested there. russia, however, is dismissing the warrant since it s not an icc member state, neither is the u.s., friday, president biden voiced support for court s decision. i think it s justified but the question is it s not recognized internationally by us either. but i think it makes a very strong point. ukraine s president also agreed with the icc warrant saying its significance can t be overstated. this is a historic decision that will lead to historic responsibility more than 16,000 cases of forced deportation of ukrainian children by the occupier already been recorded. but the real full number of deportees may be much higher, such a criminal operation would have been impossible without the order of the highest leader of the terrorists state.
president putin and his staff. the wheels of justice often take years after the alleged atrocities have happened to actually get into gear. now this is still happening, according to our sources here on the ground, of children taken away from their parents in some cases and most seriously out-of-state run orphanages across the front lines into russian territory and often given up to adoption to russian parents according to allegations. the prosecutor of the icc said that these children are being used as a tool of war. you had president zelenskyy speaking about the scale of these alleges crimes. translator: this is a historic decision that will lead to historic responsibility. more than 16,000 cases of forced deportation of ukrainian children by the occupier have already been recorded.
this case the president of russia, has been issued an arrest warrant by the hague for war crimes. in this case the prosecutors seem to be going on a particularly clear cut case in his mind of moving children, particularly orphans, out of occupied territory into russia, and that certainly is amongst those most serious crimes that the hague court looks at. there was a great deal of, if not celebration a feeling of vindication by the special prosecutor here in kyiv and ukraine. they are still investigating a great deal of possible war crimes. president zelenskyy charted out the scale of these movements of children. translator: this is a historic decision that will lead to historic responsibility. more than 16,000 cases of forced deportation of ukrainian children by the occupier have already been recorded.
he knows that on the whole of the territory of ukraine, there is no more aggressive, no more occupier. we can make sure this happens. together with you and together with everyone around the world who value life. i thank you for your support, i thank you for standing by our side this past year. thank you mrfederal president, thank you 0laf for your confidence and trust in ukraine, in our citizens and in our shared values of a free, united and peaceful europe. glory to those who fight for freedom. slava peaceful europe. glory to those who fight forfreedom. slava ukraine. fight for freedom. slava ukraine. applause. president zelensky addressing that eventin president zelensky addressing that event in berlin via video link, the event in berlin via video link, the event being held to mark the first anniversary of russia s invasion of