International leaders are calling Putin a 'war criminal'. Here's why charging him might be a long way off

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Allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal are beginning to pile up and prosecutors from the International Criminal Court are on the case. But that doesn't mean he'll be facing a court any time soon.

Allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal are beginning to pile up.

Just hours before Mr Biden's comment, the US Senate labelled Mr Putin a war criminal after unanimously passing a resolution seeking an investigation into his regime and the invasion of Ukraine. And British Prime Minster Boris Johnson has told the UK parliament that the bombing of innocent civilians "already fully qualifies as a war crime".The International Criminal Court , is investigating allegations of war crimes, targeting Mr Putin and other Russian commanders.It launched its investigation at the urging of 39 countries, including Australia.

The court is also sure to turn its attention to the actions of other individuals — including Mr Putin's generals and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.Investigating in an active war zone

 

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this is a bombshell, a turning point, the walls are closing in, it's the beginning of the end, etc etc etc 🥱

Don’t bother charging him just end him !

Bush, Chaney, Netanyahu, Howard, Blair? 500 000 children murdered in Iraq only in their illegal wars, based on lies, Just like the war in Ukraine! zelensky= CIA stooge

Blair, Bush, Howard ...

Some world 🌎 leaders that says president putin is a war criminal they are speaking the truth because president putin is a war criminal and worse he is the same as Adolf Hitler the devil. So many children have died just stop 4 a moment and think about it if it was your children.

I'm not reading this article. All I know is that the free world needs to react. The cost will be beyond words. We are left with no alternative

John Howard is a war criminal. How many have Australian troops killed in illegal war crimes? Blair has killed hundreds of thousands more than Putin. Bush, Obama, Biden, Trump millions more than Putin.

I doubt he will live long enough to bring to trial.

Still waiting on Howard, Bush and Blair to be charged.

Or will never happen. Money talks the middle class and poor suffer and die.

Because he's locked himself away in a bunker & has nukes at his disposal. Until other Russians in power depose him there's really not a lot that can be done. Greed, as always, will be the key. Which group of ambitious Russian Oligarchs will get sick of Putin's antics first?

America committed the same and worse atrocities,but that's different because that's different.

Kremlin was ‘outraged’ at the label! Gimme a break. This regime is on a par with the Third Reich.

It's also a long way to charge the US president as a war criminal. The US invaded Afghanistan and killed 200,000 Afghan civilians during the invasion.

Putin- parasite

any of these international leaders mentioned the war crimes in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan?

We should send Detective Sargeant Donger to arrest him ! Putin PaulHogan

Now do every Australian, UK, and USA leader since 2001.

Attack on the theatre was a false flag by the Azov Nazis. Here is a tweet from a few days before the theatre was bombed/blown up - the locals knew what Azov were planning. Then the fake news like ABC tell everyone that Russia is targeting civilians when the opposite is true.

So how many Ukrainians has He killed, Personally !!!

It appears you don’t understand the term “international leaders”

Still waiting for Howard to be charged

Super putin,russia win

Scumbag dictator!

Oh they're not leaders...not really

US stacked dry wood , Putin lit it up.

He's a mass murderer Needs to get same treatment as Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi

Hello , can you please stop repeating this idea that the ICC is investigating the legality of Russia's invasion of Ukraine? The invasion of Ukraine itself is not a war crime; and the ICC has no power to investigate and punish aggression. Its focus is on crimes in Ukraine.

Kettle black?

It was only simple-minded Biden and he misheard the reporter and came to say yes when asked if he thought Putin was a war criminal. We all saw the video...as did you. 'International leaders.....' tell the truth.

What about George Bush?

All politicians are war criminals as all engage-in, endorse, condone war.

Well as long as he steers clear of The Netherlands he should be sweet

Some see him as a liberator and an iron fist to the west

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