Borrell on Putin's arrest warrant: This is start of accountability process 

Josep Borrell wrote about this on Twitter.

The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said that the decision of the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia is the start of the process of the Russian leader's accountability. 

"We appreciate and support the ICC's work. There can be no impunity," he added.

• On Friday, March 17, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova.

• Representatives of various states and international organizations reacted to the ICC's decision. They were later joined by representatives of the United Kingdom and Canada, who unambiguously supported the court's position.

• Later, US President Joe Biden told reporters that the ICC's arrest warrant for Putin was justified because the Russian president had committed war crimes.

• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that there is a "real prospect" for the case of Russia's illegal deportation of Ukrainian children, in which the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin