Russia-Ukraine updates: ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin

By Al Jazeera Published 2023-03-17 04:25 Updated 2023-03-17 15:17 Source: Al Jazeera

Local Svetlana Boiko, 66, who was injured in recent shelling, is comforted by her acquaintance Yulia Kryukova next to her destroyed house in Donetsk, Ukraine [Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]

This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, March 17.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
Ukraine hails the “historic” move but Russia says the warrant is “meaningless”.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will start the process of ratifying Finland’s NATO membership bid in parliament after the Nordic country took concrete steps to keep its promises.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week to hold talks with Putin, the Kremlin said, as Beijing offers to broker peace in Ukraine.

Russia-Ukraine updates: ICC issues arrest warrant for Putin

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