swift t as she kicks off her first tour in five years. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and thank you for being with us on this friday night. in what is at least for this moment mostly symbolic act, an arrest warrant was issued today for russian president vladimir putin now formally charged by the international criminal court for war crimes in ukraine. the court says putin bears individual responsibility for the unlawful transfer of children from occupied areas of ukraine to russia while there is little expectation of putin ending up in custody any time soon, the charges were nonetheless welcome by ukraine s president zelenskyy, who thanked the court for its willingness to really bring those who are guilty to justice. tonight putin s spokesman dismissed the warrant saying, we do not recognize this court. erin mclaughlin reports from kyiv. reporter: tonight russian president vladimir putin now wanted for alleged war crimeses ththe int