Will Putin be held accountable for war crimes after peace negotiations? If you missed it yesterday, military analyst Professor Michael Clarke covered several topics during his weekly Q&A session on Ukraine. One of those questions centred around whether Vladimir Putin will be held accountable for war crimes after any potential peace negotiation. As you may recall, an arrest warrant was issued for Putin over alleged war crimes by the International Criminal Court two years ago - but as we explained at the time, he was never going to be arrested while he remained in power in Russia: Asked whether Putin will be held accountable for war crimes after peace, Clarke says "almost certainly not". "The chances of Putin appearing at The Hague are very remote. That doesn't mean it's not worth doing." The point of the International Criminal Court is for its 125 members to determine that there has been a crime and that he is a criminal who ought to answer for it, says Clarke. "It is important to the principle of law that those indictments stand."