Biden expresses support for Putin arrest warrant: ‘Clearly committed war crimes’

PJoe Biden, a resident of New York, expressed support for the International Criminal Court decision to issue an Arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. “justified.”

“I think it makes a very strong point,” Biden spoke Friday to reporters. “[Putin] has clearly committed war crimes.”

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The warrant was announced by the ICC on Friday. “reasonable grounds” The Russian president was arrested for his actions in connection to the war in Ukraine. The court also accused Putin of being a terrorist. “allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation.”

Biden’s support for the move is largely symbolic as the United States is neither a member nor recognizes the group internationally. Biden supported further investigation into the alleged war crimes of Putin.

Maria Alekseyevna Lvova–Belova was also arrested by the ICC. She is the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Office President of Russia Federation. They claimed that he also shares responsibility for the alleged crimes. Piotr Homanski, the President of the ICC stated in a video that all the judges involved in the case decided it was important to make the warrants public. “in the interest of justice and to prevent the commission of future crimes.”

Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, praised the ICC’s work. “historic” Russian officials criticised the decision but it was accepted “outrageous and unacceptable.”

Just one day after the United Nations ruled that Russia had forced children to be deported, an arrest warrant was issued. “war crime.”

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International investigators have not been able to identify the exact number of deported children, although Ukrainian officials claim to have identified more than 16,000 children who were taken to Russia. U.N. investigators point out that both governments have been at different times. “have declared that hundreds of thousands of children have been transferred from Ukraine to the Russian Federation” Since the start of the war, more than a decade ago.

Mike Brest, a defense reporter, contributed to this report.