After 24 years of trying his hardest Vladimir Putin has finally become a wanted international

war criminal.

The lead starts right now.

The international criminal court issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin today,

the Russian president, and another top official are accused of committing war crimes by

deporting Ukrainian children to Russia then.

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Welcome to the Lean Object Apper, and we start today with our world lead and an arrest

warrant issued for Vladimir Putin this afternoon.

The Kremlin is trying to dismiss the warrant for the Russian president issued by the International

Criminal Court earlier today, the ICC alleging that Putin and his commissioner for children's

rights, Maria Lavova-Belova, forcibly detained thousands of Ukrainian kids and then deported

them to Russia.

Putin spokesman called the warrants, quote, outrageous and unacceptable, and they are, these

warrants likely symbol, like as Putin would either have to be handed over by the Kremlin,

which he controls with an iron fist, or arrested outside of Russia to face trial.

But top Ukrainian officials are applauding the move with one saying, quote, the wheels of

justice are turning, unquote.

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