"I say repatriate the children, return the children, reunite the children," Khan said. Russia has not concealed a programme under which it has brought thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, but presents it as a humanitarian campaign to protect orphans and children abandoned in the conflict zone. "It is really a very sad occasion and a very sombre occasion, that for the first time ever, judges of the International Criminal Court, of any court, have felt it necessary to issue warrants against a leader and senior state officials from a permanent member of the (U.N.) Security Council."
not for triumphalism, not for any backslapping," Khan told international justice ministers meeting in London to discuss scaling up support for the ICC. Moscow rejects the charges, calling the move unacceptable and saying it had no legal force in Russia which is not an ICC member. Last Friday, the ICC accused Putin of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. LONDON, March 20 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) had to take action against Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes but the move was a "sombre" one and not a moment for backslapping, the organisation's chief prosecutor Karim Khan said on Monday.
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