In a major development, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin because of his actions in Ukraine. It comes a day after a report from a UN-backed inquiry stressed Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killings in the occupied territories, are war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity.
The comprehensive human rights report released a year after a Russian airstrike on a theater in Mariupol marked a highly unusual condemnation from a member of the UN Security Council.
However, Moscow has on several occasions denied allegations that its forces have been committing war crimes in the war-torn nation for more than a year.
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