International Desk: Putin was greeted on Saturday by the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, and was taken to see a new children\u2019s centre and art school on what the official said was a surprise visit.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin knows how to surprise. In a good way,\u201d Razvozhayev said on the messaging app Telegram.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Vladimir Vladimirovich came in person. Himself. Behind the wheel. Because on such a historic day, the president is always with Sevastopol and the people of Sevastopol,\u201d the Moscow-appointed official said.<\/p>\n
State media did not immediately broadcast any remarks from Putin, a day after the International Criminal Court (ICC) said it had issued an arrest warrant against him and accused him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Putin has yet to comment publicly on the warrant. The Kremlin spokesman has called it \u201cnull and void\u201d and said Russia finds the very issues raised by the ICC to be \u201coutrageous and unacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n
Russia seized Crimea in 2014, eight years before launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine says it will fight to expel Russia from Crimea and all other territory that Russia has occupied in the year-long war.<\/p>\n
Putin has shown no intention of relinquishing the Kremlin\u2019s gains. Instead, he stressed on Friday the importance of holding Crimea.<\/p>\n
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