welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s leader, vladimir putin in connection with war crimes. the court says there are grounds to believe that president putin is personally responsible for the deportation of hundreds of children, from children s homes and orphanages in ukraine for adoption in russia since last year s invasion. it s the first time the court has ordered the arrest of a prominent serving political leader. ukraine s president zelensky has hailed the decision as historic, but moscow dismissed the announcement as outrageous , saying it doesn t recognise the jurisdiction of the court. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. it is a war that he ordered. a war that brought death and devastation. a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it is one that has now left president putin accused of war crimes by an international court and even
more protesters, angry at the french president s pension reforms. the mystery of the millions of dead fish found floating in an australian river. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s leader, vladimir putin in connection with war crimes. the court says there are grounds to believe that president putin is personally responsible for the deportation of hundreds of children since last year s invasion, from children s homes and orphanages in ukraine for adoption in russia. it s the first time the court has ordered the arrest of a prominent, serving political leader. ukraine s president zelensky, has hailed the decision as historic but moscow dismissed the announcement as outrageous, saying it doesn t recognise the jurisdiction of the court. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports from kyiv. it is a war that he ordered. a war that brought death and devastation. a war that sent millions fleeing for their lives. but it is one that has
russian president and putin ally referring to the arrest warrant in a social media post wrote this. he said no need to explain where this paper should be used. and he followed that within emoji of a toilet bowl. john herbst is a former us ambassador to ukraine and senior director of the atlantic council s eurasia center. he joins us from washington. john, thank you forjoining us what needs to happen in order for president putin to face the icc to answer these allegations of war crimes that have been levelled against him? i think you have a ready pointed out that the odds of this happening are very low, except if as a result of putin losing his war in ukraine which is likely as long as western support remains strong, the regime crumbles in russia and the russians themselves, think putin coming to justice makes sense, but barring that, i don t expect to see him in
outrageous, they cried, unacceptable. and the former russian president and putin ally referring to the arrest warrant in a social media post wrote this. he said, no need to explain where this paper should be used. and he followed that within emoji of a toilet bowl. well, earlier i spoke to former us ambassador to ukrainejohn herbst and asked what needed to happen for putin to face the icc and answer the allegations of war crimes levelled against him. i think you have already pointed out that the odds of this happening are very low, except if as a result of putin losing his war in ukraine, which is likely as long as western support remains strong, the regime crumbles in russia and the russians themselves see that putin coming to justice makes sense, but barring that, i don t expect to see him in handcuffs, as your reporter already pointed out. the icc denies these allegations are symbolic. do you agree?