Reactions to ICC's arrest warrant for Putin citing Ukraine war crimes

ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan (R), Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin (2nd L), USA Attorney General Merrick B Garland (3rd L) and a group of international prosecutors meet to discuss allegations of war crimes committed in Ukraine, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Roman Baluk/File Photo

(Reuters) - Following are reactions to the news on Friday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegal deportation of children from Ukraine.

The court also issued a warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's Commissioner for Children's Rights, on the same charges.