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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Blinken: growing evidence of Russian atrocities in Ukraine a ‘punch to the gut’

US secretary of state Antony Blinken at the state department in Washington, on Friday.
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, at the state department in Washington, on Friday. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AP

Growing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine are “a punch to the gut”, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Sunday, promising that America would join its allies in documenting the atrocities to hold the perpetrators accountable.

A retreat of Russian forces around Kyiv has revealed evidence of atrocities against civilians as Ukrainian troops and journalists have moved back into a broad swath of suburbs and towns around the capital.

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