US vice president Kamala Harris says ‘superiors’ are ‘complicit’ and will be ‘held to account’
But Washington hopes that it could help further isolate Russian president Vladimir Putin and galvanise legal efforts to hold members of his government accountable through international courts and sanctions.
The nearly year-long war has killed tens of thousands, uprooted millions from their homes, pummelled the global economy and made Mr Putin a pariah in the West. In her remarks, Ms Harris cited as “barbaric and inhumane” the scores of victims found in Bucha shortly after Russia’s invasion last February; the March 9th bombing of a Mariupol maternity hospital, that killed three people, including a child; and the sexual assault of a four-year-old by a Russian soldier that was identified by the UN report.
“Let us all agree: on behalf of all the victims, both known and unknown, justice must be served,” Ms Harris said.
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