STORY: US President Joe Biden sees the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for war crimes in Ukraine against Russian President Vladimir Putin as justified. Biden told journalists on Friday that the International Criminal Court had very strong arguments. The US State Department said the US had also come to the conclusion that Russian forces had committed war crimes in Ukraine and that the perpetrators should be held accountable. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also welcomed the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Russian President Putin on Friday evening for alleged war crimes. It is a decision that marks the beginning of a historic responsibility. The International Criminal Court in The Hague announced on Friday that an international arrest warrant had been issued against Putin for illegally abducting Ukrainian children to Russia.