Leading the news: The International Criminal Court (ICC) last month launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in Ukraine.
Zelensky had in the past described some acts of Russian aggression, such as the bombing of a children’s hospital and a maternity hospital in Mariupol, as evidence of genocide. As Ukrainian forces recaptured the Kyiv region on Saturday, officials and freelance photographers reported the bodies of civilians — some with their hands tied behind their backs — scattered in the streets of the city of Bucha.
What they say: Asked if Russia’s actions amount to genocide, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN on Sunday that the United States “will look hard and document everything we see, bring it all together, assure the relevant institutions and “Organizations looking into this – including the Foreign Ministry – have everything they need to assess what happened in Ukraine, who is responsible and what it’s.”
British Foreign Secretary Liz Tras said on Sunday that Russia’s attacks on civilians in Ukraine “should be investigated as war crimes”, adding that the United Kingdom would support any attempt by the ICC to do so, the Guardian reported.
“It’s a barbarity against civilians. We have not seen – in Europe for decades and it is horrible and it is absolutely unacceptable that civilians are being targeted and killed, and it just – underlines the importance that this war must end and that’s President Putin’s responsibility. “Let the war end,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told the State of the Union on Sunday.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wrote on Twitter on Sunday that the images from Bucha were “intolerable”, adding that the unbridled violence of Russian President Vladimir Putin “destroys innocent families and has no limits”. “Those responsible for these war crimes must be held accountable,” he added in another tweet.
