Ukraine wants to arrest Putin during his visit to Mongolia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Mongolia next Tuesday (September 3). Ukraine hopes to arrest Putin during this visit. The same is expected of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The court issued an arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in the Ukraine war.

According to the BBC report, Ukraine has requested the country to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin when he visits Mongolia. Kiev sees this as a big opportunity to arrest people like Putin. Volodymyr Zelensky's government has already called on Mongolia to arrest Putin, the president of one of the world's most powerful nations.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. We hope Mongolia is aware of this fact. Calling on the country's authorities to arrest the Russian leader and hand him over to ICC prosecutors in The Hague, Netherlands.

An International Criminal Court (ICC) spokesman told the BBC that an arrest warrant has been issued for Putin for war crimes. He has failed to stop the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia since the conflict began.

The spokesperson added that Mongolian officials have an obligation to abide by ICC rules. But that doesn't mean Putin has to be arrested on a state visit.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin is ignoring Kiev's diplomatic efforts on the issue of arrest warrants. They said that they have no worries about this visit. Next Tuesday, Putin will go to Mongolia. Everything will be normal there.

“We have excellent relations with our partners in Mongolia,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in Moscow. However, keeping everything in mind, preparations have been made to make Putin's visit go smoothly.

Incidentally, in February 2022, Russia launched an operation in Ukraine. Taking over Ukraine, which seemed easy at first, is becoming more and more difficult. Both countries have already suffered greatly in the war that has been going on for more than two years. Allegations of illegal removal of Ukrainian children from the country during the war. A case was filed against Putin in the ICC. After arguments and hearings, the court took into account the allegations and issued an arrest warrant against Putin. In addition, the Western alliance continued to support the support of Ukraine. It wants to push the war on Russian soil with financial, logistical, arms support. The initial success of which has started to come. Currently, the forces of Ukraine are struggling to move forward by occupying the Kursk region of Russia.

Bangladesh /KH