ICC arrest warrant for Putin "significant," former NATO ambassador says | NewsNation Live

BACK TO NOW ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE TO GET BACK TO THIS BREAKING NEWS. THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR WAR CRIMES IN UKRAINE. THIS COMES MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER HIS INVASION OF DISCUSS HIS AMBASSADOR KURT VOLKER, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO AND FORMER U.S. SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR UKRAINE. NEGOTIATIONS. SIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, ESPECIALLY AS THIS BREAKING NEWS JUST COMING IN. YOU KNOW, IT’S A PLEASURE. THANKS FOR STARTERS YOUR REACTION TO THIS BREAKING NEWS AND IT’S SIGNIFICANT. WELL, FIRST OFF, I GOT A

LITTLE BIT SURPRISED THAT IT CAME SO WE ALL ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE INVESTIGATIONS AND INDICTMENTS FOR WAR CRIMES. RUSSIAN FORCES. I THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY WORK THEIR WAY UP THE CHAIN GOING WITH THOSE. HAVE DIRECT EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE COMMITTING WAR CRIMES AND EVENTUALLY LEADING TO PUT AT THE TOP OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. BUT GOING DIRECTLY THIS WAY. IT’S A RECOGNITION THAT THE CRIME OF AGGRESSION IS A CRIME IN ITSELF AND WON. THE RUSH IS SPONSIBLE FOR UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP AND THAT THE WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY RUSSIAN FORCES IN UKRAINE. ALL TOOK PLACE

IN HIS DIRECTION. SO THIS IS SIGNIFICANT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S GOING TO BE ARRESTED ANY TIME SOON. BUT IT JUST MAKES VERY CLEAR THAT THERE ARE

INTERNATIONAL LAWS AND STANDARDS AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLATING THAT’S OKAY. IT ME IF I’M WRONG. SO DOES IT MEAN THAT THERE’S JUST NOW ENOUGH EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM IN ORDER TOISSUE THIS ARREST I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING THIS. YOU DON’T KNOW HOW THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WORKS ARE SAYING. WELL, WHY NOW? WHAT TOOK SO LONG. YEAH, WELL, THAT’S JUST YOU HAVE TO ACCUMULATE EVIDENCE TO JUSTIFY AN ARREST AND IN

THIS CASE YOU HAVE A LOT OF WE’VE ALL SEEN THE PICTURES OF THE PELE EXECUTED IN FOR EXAMPLE, BOMBING OF THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TURNING SO WE ALL SAW THOSE THINGS. BUT ESTABLISHING THAT THESE ARE ALL DIRECTLY TAKING PLACE AT THE DIRECTION OF PRESIDENT PUTIN. THE THAT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER. AND I THINK YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD AN IRONCLAD CASE BEFORE THEM. OKAY. WE’RE GOING TO STAY ON TOP OF THIS ONE. CHINA’S PRESIDENT XI IS LIGHTING TO WAITED TO GO TO MOSCOW ON MONDAY. DO YOU THINK NEWS OF ARREST WARRANT

MIGHT CHANGE THAT. NO, I DON’T THINK I THINK CHINA IS GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH A VISIT AS WE’VE SEEN, CHINA HAS NOT PROVIDED ROBUST SUPPORT TO UKRAINE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS CONFLICT. WELL, THE PEOPLE WERE WORRIED THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE ARMS AND MUNITIONS TO OCEAN AND NOT DONE SO. AND SO WHAT CHINA’S MOST RECENTLY KNOWN IS PUT OUT A PEACE PLAN WITH A CALL FOR RESPECT FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE STATES AND THAT WOULD IMPLY RUSSIA HAVING TO GET BUT WHICH ID WITH SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN WAS POSITION ITSELF IN BETWEEN

TRYING TO ACT AS A BROKER AND PUT TOGETHER A PEACE PLAN. I THINK THEY WANT TO POSITION THEMSELVES THE SAME WAY WITH RUSSIA IN THERE WATCHING THIS AGGRESSION, THIS IN US AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES SUPPORTING UKRAINE. THE THEREFORE VIEW THAT AS AN OPENING FOR THEIR OWN DIPLOMACY TO TRY TO PLAY WILL AND PUT THEMSELVES IN LEADERSHIP POSITION. THE EYES OF THE WORLD CAN CALL SOUTH. AND I KNOW YOU DON’T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WHAT OTHER PREDICTIONS DO YOU HAVE ON WHAT MIGHT ME FROM THEIR MEETING NEXT WEEK. AND IS THERE ANY WAY THAT. THAT

THIS COULD PROLONG THE WAR IN UKRAINE. I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY WAY TO PROLONG THE WAR OTHER THAN FAMILY TO GIVE UKRAINE THE AID NEEDS AS PUTIN IS DETERMINED TO KEEP ATTACKING AND KEEP TRYING TO TAKE THIS AS LONG AS HE HAS MILITARY THAT CAN FIGHT. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS GIVE THE ARMS TO UKRAINE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO HELP THEM DEFEAT THE RUSSIAN MILITARY IN UKRAINE, RESTORE THEIR BORDERS. AND THAT IS THE THING YOU WANT TO WORK. CHINA’S EFFORT HERE IS TO SEE WHETHER THEY CAN CONVINCE TO

END IT NEGOTIATION OR CONCESSIONS. BUT VERY CONFIDENT THAT DO DO THAT. BEIJING PREVIOUSLY ACCUSED THE UNITED STATES AND NATO OF PROVOKING IS THE RECENT DOWNING OF A U.S. DRONE BY A RUSSIAN FIGHTER JET. AN EXAMPLE OF T THAT OR NOW. NO, NO, NO. SO THIS IS A FLYING IN INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE OVER INTERNATIONAL SOMETHING THAT U.S. MILITARY FORCES DO ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN THE ATLANTIC PACIFIC AND HERE IN THE BLACK SEA FLYING IN INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE AND AIRCRAFT TO DELIBERATELY ATTACKED ABOUT DRONE AND EVENTUALLY BROUGHT IT THAT IS AN UNPROVOKED ACT OF AGGRESSION AGAINST

US MILITARY FORCES INTERNATIONAL WATERS. THIS IS SOMETHING IT IS NOT A

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