Vladimir Putin has arrived in Mongolia on his first go to to a member of the Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC) because it issued a warrant for his arrest almost 18 months in the past on costs of struggle crimes in Ukraine.
The Russian president is because of meet Mongolian chief Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on Tuesday.
Ukraine needs Mongolia to arrest Mr Putin and hand him over to the court docket in The Hague, however the Kremlin stated final week it was not apprehensive in regards to the go to.
ICC members are anticipated to detain suspects if an arrest warrant has been issued, however the court docket can’t implement the rule.
Mongolia, a sparsely populated nation between Russia and China, is closely depending on Moscow for gas and electrical energy and on Beijing for funding in its mining business.
Mr Putin is accused by the court docket of abducting youngsters from Ukraine, the place the preventing has raged for two-and-a-half years since Russia’s March 2022 invasion.
Mr Putin and Mr Khurelsukh will attend a ceremony marking the 1939 victory of Soviet and Mongolian troops over the Japanese military that had taken management of Manchuria in northeastern China.
1000’s of troopers died in months of preventing in a dispute over the place the border was between Manchuria and Mongolia.
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Though Mr Putin has been shunned internationally over the invasion of Ukraine, he visited North Korea and Vietnam final month and has additionally visited China twice previously 12 months.
He joined a gathering in Johannesburg by way of video hyperlink final 12 months after the South African authorities lobbied in opposition to him exhibiting up for the BRICS summit, a bunch that additionally consists of China and different rising economies.
South Africa is an ICC member.
Explosions in Kyiv
Russia launched an in a single day barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine’s air drive stated on Monday.
A collection of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital within the early hours.
Particles from intercepted missiles and drones fell in each district of the Ukrainian capital, injuring three folks and damaging two nurseries, Ukraine’s inside ministry stated. Metropolis authorities have reported a number of fires.
After greater than 900 days of struggle, the 2 sides present no signal of letting up within the struggle or transferring nearer to the negotiating desk.
