TW Newsdesk, March 18:Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyystated that the International Criminal Court‘s decision to issue a detainment warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin was historic and blamed Putin for the deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children.

“This is an historic decision which is set to lead to historic accountability,” he stated that in his nightly video address. The real number of deported children could be “far more” than 16,000, he stated, and also mentioned their deportations constituted a policy of “state evil which starts precisely with the top official of this state.”