days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him accusing him of war crimes. he made a stop in mariupol. ukrainian officials slamming the visit saying putin visits mariupol under the cover of night. cnn senior international correspondent ivan joining us live. what else did putin do while there? reporter: right. well, the kremlin says he arrived by helicopter. then he was shown in a pretty long unedited video driving a car, being briefed by a top kremlin aid. driving into the outskirts of mariupol. the aid was describing the situation and acknowledging that much of the city had been destroyed. that there were ruins of buildings being demolished and much of the city was also empty because ukrainians has fled. putin was shown meeting a couple of people who were living in what were described as newly constructed apartment buildings. those people thanked putin for their new homes saying they had had nothing before that. and we ve been hearing some pre
damage. there is no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this grim year with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battle field. is the war in a stalemate now and how might it finally end? i ll ask the experts. also, while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, ukraine has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it is a fight that is being fought in the airwaves as well as on the battle field. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing. and calling the war in ukraine a war could land one in prison. because of the crack
in that year hundreds of thousands dead, tens of billions of dollars in damage and there s no end in sight. we ll look at how russia views this with the anchors of exiled russian broadcaster tv rain. then we ll examine the present and future on the bloody battlefield and is a stalemate in, and how will it end? i ll ask the experts. while all eyes are cast upward looking for more chinese balloons, which of beijing s other actions are we missing on the ground and in the cyber realm? we ll explore. in the 360 days since russia s invasion, crane has become the front line in the global battle for democracy. it s a fight being fought on the airwaves as well as on the battlefield. putin s minions are working overtime to control the message overseas and at home. under a law passed last year journalists in russia can be jailed for up to 15 years for reporting what the kremlin considers fake news about what its military is doing and to wit, calling the war in ukraine a war could
in a capacity orwellian for children s right are both facing war crimes charges in the international criminal court. which is issued warrants for their arrest. is the message today nobody is above the law? i thing the message must be the basic principles of hu humanity. nobody should fear they have a free pas s quick that is the icc chief prosecutor. we spoke to him at the start of this invasion when he was in ukraine and reported extensively throughout the invasion on russia s war on ukrainian people and identity. tonight an exclusive conversation with him on his history making day along with coverage is only cnn can of the impact. first so very quickly here is what president biden just said about the icc decision to cnn jeremy done. i thing it is justified. the question is recognized internationally by us. i thing it makes for a very strong point. for that was go to cnn chief international correspondent clarissa 40 got the exclusive interview. she joins us from the
he joins us as well as ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story that he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview. reporter: john, he was keen to tell us that this is really just the first step in what promises to be a long journey. the arrest warrants that were given out today for president putin and also the russian height commissioner for children, these are just the first two, essentially. there may be more coming. there may be other areas that they will be exploring. there is no shortage of alleged war crimes that have taken place. the prosecutor s office that we hear from the icc have made multiple trips to ukraine, but they were keen really to stress the importance of this historic day. take a look. there are many different war crimes for potential war crimes that we have seen playing out in ukraine, whether it is the bombing of the theater in mariupol where people were sheltering, civilians were sheltering,