Ukraine war: ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes

As many as 16,000 children have been forcibly removed to Russia since the full scale war began, according to Ukrainian officials – some under the guise of “humanitarian evacuation” from Russian occupied cities like Mariupol and not all of them orphans.

Hundreds have already been adopted by Russian families – with others sent to “re-education camps”.

Now President Putin and his childrens’ rights commissioner have been indicted for war crimes – as Ukraine said it was “just the beginning”.