This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, March 17.
This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, March 17.
- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
- Ukraine hails the “historic” move but Russia says the warrant is “meaningless”.
- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will start the process of ratifying Finland’s NATO membership bid in parliament after the Nordic country took concrete steps to keep its promises.
- Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia next week to hold talks with Putin, the Kremlin said, as Beijing offers to broker peace in Ukraine.
