INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The US government has formally declared that members of the Russian armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State
Blinken, President Joe Biden and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman all said it was their personal opinion that war crimes have taken
weeks of declining to officially say that the attacks committed against civilians in Ukraine were war crimes
It remains to be seen, however, whether there will be any accountability for those accused of carrying out the alleged crimes, and whether
Russian President Vladimir Putin himself will be forced to bear any responsibility.Last week, Biden accused Putin of war crimes
international institutions and organizations, as appropriate
The State Department specifically cited attacks on a maternity hospital and theater in Mariupol
the US ambassador at large for global criminal justice, said she could not go into details about which incidents the US has assessed are war
US government will continue to track reports coming out of Ukraine of war crimes, and we will share this information with our friends and
allies and with international and multilateral institutions as appropriate
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