Moscow's Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights asserted Wednesday that Russia's only motivation in removing children from Ukraine was to evacuate them from a dangerous war zone.
with Ukrainian children last year who were among the thousands allegedly taken from their country into Russia or Russian-occupied territory.
"If she wants to give an account of her actions, she can do so in the Hague," the U.K. Mission to the U.N. said in a statement, adding that"their briefer, Maria Lvova-Belova, is subject to an international arrest warrant from the ICC for her alleged responsibility in the war crimes of unlawful deportation and unlawful transfer of these children."
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