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Vladimir Putin could face arrest if he attends a meeting of leading economies in South Africa in August.
The country’s authorities reportedly say they would be compelled to detain the Russian leader if he took part in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit after a warrant for his arrest was issued in March by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, citing sources in the nation’s government, said that a special commission had been established by president Cyril Ramaphosa to look into the arrest warrant.
It concluded that South Africa would have “no option” but to arrest Mr Putin if he set foot in the country, a source said.
In other news, the Russian military has suffered 100,000 casualties, comprising deaths and injuries, in the last five months in its continuing invasion of Ukraine, the White House said, concluding Vladimir Putin’s “winter offensive” in the Donbas as a failure.
The figure, based on US intelligence estimates, includes more than 20,000 deaths.
