Putin's arrest warrant: Zelensky spoke about a court decision in Hague (video)

According to the President, more than 16,000 children have been deported in Ukraine during the war of the Russian Federation, and real figures may be even larger. At the same time, Kiev was able to return home almost 300 children. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky responded to the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue a warrant for the arrest of the Kremlin's head of Kremlin Vladimir Putin.

In his daily address, the Head of State stated that historical responsibility would begin with this decision. The President's address was posted on his channel on Telegram. "The historical decision from which the historical responsibility will begin. The head of the terrorist state and another Russian official have officially suspected of a war crime-the deportation of Ukrainian children, in the illegal movement of thousands of our children," Zelensky said.

He noted that in criminal cases investigating Ukrainian law enforcement officers, more than 16,000 cases of illegal movement of children into the territory of the Russian Federation have already been recorded. However, the real number of deported children can be much higher. "It would be impossible to carry out such a large-scale operation without the order of the highest leader of the terrorist country," the President said.

According to the Head of State, to share children with families, to deprive them of their ability to contact relatives, to hide children in Russia is a state policy of the Russian Federation. "The state evil that begins with the first official of this country. I am grateful to the team of Prosecutor Karim Khan and the International Criminal Court, to all in the world, who helps us fight for justice," the President said.

Zelensky said that Ukraine was able to return just more than 300 children home. The state will continue to work in this direction to return home all, as well as to hold all the perpetrators responsible for the deportation of Ukrainians and Ukrainian women. Recall that the International Criminal Court in the Hague issued a warrant for Putin's arrest.

In addition to the Russian dictator, the Court in the Hague issued a warrant for the arrest of the President of Russia for the rights of the child Maria Lviv-Belova. Then the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova said that Russia did not sign the Roman Statute of the International Criminal Court and should not obey it. In addition, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine explained what means the issuance of a warrant for Putin's arrest.