The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova citing their involvement in the unlawful transfer of Ukrainian children.
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ICC issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova in March 2023
The arrest warrants cite involvement in the unlawful transfer of Ukrainian children
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova and Vladimir Putin for the war crime of unlawful deportation of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia.
In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova
In March, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for illegally deporting thousands of children from Ukraine.
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Extracted: 2026-02-22T18:49:17.719Z
Source story: ukraine-brings-back-22-children-from-russian-occupied-territories