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Al Jazeera Staff

ICC issues Putin arrest warrant on Ukraine war crime allegations

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his troops into Ukraine in February last year [File: Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool via AP]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, a move dismissed by Moscow as meaningless.

The Hague-based court said in a statement on Friday the warrant was issued over Putin’s suspected involvement in the unlawful deportation and transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.

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