has now issued an arrest warrant for vladimir putin. prosecutors accuse putin and another official of illegally deporting ukrainian children to russia. we expect to hear from president biden perhaps reacting to this at any moment but first cnn s ivan watson is in kharkiv, ukraine and nic robertson is in london. ivan, walk us through exactly what the icc is alleging here. reporter: they re issuing arrest warrants for none less than the russian president himself, vladimir putin, accusing him of alleged war crimes for what they say is the illegal abduction of ukrainian children, forcibly deporting them to russian territory. they ve also issued an arrest warrant for a russian government official, and she is kind of the children s right official in the russian government. she has already issued a statement. the kremlin have already issued statements basically calling this these arrest warrants null and void, saying that moscow is not a signatory to the rome statute, that they
coalition that we have to thank for the disruption we are seeing on our roads today. for the disruption we are seeing on our roads today- roads today. for now, suella braverman roads today. for now, suella braverman will roads today. for now, suella braverman will return - roads today. for now, suella braverman will return to - roads today. for now, suella braverman will return to the | braverman will return to the backbenches. it seems unlikely, though, she ll do it quietly. helen catt, news, westminster. a day of big moves in westminster, notjust a day of big moves in westminster, not just the departure a day of big moves in westminster, notjust the departure of suella braverman, but david cameron back in front line politics as foreign secretary and home secretary is now james cleverly. they have been a number of other notable moves, not least the departure of steve barclay from the health brief, that s been taken by victoria atkins, and i m joined by our health editor
country saying that world leaders now will think twice before shaking putin s hand or sitting down at the negotiating table. the ukrainian government has counted no less than 16,226 children that it says have been deported to russia. it wants them back. it has been pressing the icc and other institutions to take a step just like this to accuse putin and his government and military of war crimes and that is why they are happy with this move today. and those allegations are incredibly serious. this is a really kind of blockbuster move. how much of it to ivan s point is, perhaps, symbolic they re not going to get putin in handcuffs, and how much has an actual effect? it is designed to get him in front of a court and if he was found guilty he would become a war criminal. he knows, therefore, the world
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