Putin's impunity to open Pandora's box of aggression worldwide, Blinken states
Anthony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State (Photo: Getty Images)
Ending support for Ukraine would allow the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to continue acting with impunity, opening a Pandora's box of aggression worldwide, stated U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition event.
"We need to ensure that Ukraine continues to succeed. We need to ensure that Russia continues to fail in its aggression against Ukraine. If we don’t – if we don’t – we know that if Putin is allowed to proceed with impunity, that is going to open a Pandora’s box of aggression around the world," said Blinken.
According to the U.S. Secretary of State, other potential aggressors will assess the world's response to Putin's actions and draw lessons from it.
Arrest warrant for Putin
Since the full-scale invasion began, Russia has regularly deported Ukrainian children to annexed Crimea, Belarus, or remote areas of Russia.
The deportation prompted the International Criminal Court in The Hague to issue an arrest warrant for dictator Vladimir Putin and Russia's children's rights ombudsperson, Maria Lvova-Belova, over the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.
As reported by The Independent, the dictator could also face a new case for war crimes. According to the investigation, Putin premeditated a famine in Ukraine.
