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• Biden’s statement comes a day after images of corpses from Bucha surfaced
President Joe Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin needed to be put on trial for war crimes related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He said that evidence needed to be gathered to hold him “accountable”.
Over the weekend, Ukraine reported mass killings of civilians by Russian-controlled troops in the town of Bucha, northwest of Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. Calling out the Russian leader, Biden said, “He is a war criminal.”
“This guy is brutal, and what’s happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone’s seen it,” Biden told reporters.
Russian troops withdrew from Bucha, a town on the outskirts of Kyiv, over the weekend. Soon after, images of bodies lying in the streets emerged and members of media organizations also saw corpses.
Ukraine accused Russia of a "deliberate massacre" but Russia called it "a staged provocation by the Kyiv regime". It made a series of unfounded claims about the footage from Bucha.
Fact-checkers from BBC and other reputed media organizations corroborated the pictures and verified their authenticity.
Biden also said he plans to slap additional sanctions on Russia for its conduct during the war, which began with an invasion on Feb. 24.
“I’ll let you know,” the president replied when a reporter asked him the nature of those expected sanctions.
United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House that sanctions would be announced this week.
With inputs from CNBC