Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine by repeatedly and intentionally killing civilians, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday — leveling Washington’s first formal accusation against Vladimir Putin’s military.
“We’ve seen numerous credible reports of indiscriminate attacks and attacks deliberately targeting civilians, as well as other atrocities,” Blinken said in a statement. “Russia’s forces have destroyed apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, critical infrastructure, civilian vehicles, shopping centers, and ambulances, leaving thousands of innocent civilians killed or wounded.”
Blinken specifically cited Russia’s airstrike on a maternity ward in Mariupol, as well as the destruction of a theater in the southern port city that was being used as a civilian bomb shelter — and marked with the word “children” in large Russian letters.
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