The International Court of Justice (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin has been charged with war crimes.

However, Russia called ICC’s arrest warrant worthless.

CNN has given such information in a report Mint।

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia is not a member of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and is not bound by its mandate. Russia does not cooperate with the court. Arrest warrants from international courts are legally groundless to us.

The ICC said Putin violated the international principles of war after launching operations in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia.

According to Al Jazeera, the Hague-based court said in a statement on Friday that Putin had illegally transferred children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia.

Bangladesh Time: 0950 hours, March 18, 2023
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