US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said he agreed with President Joe Biden’s characterisation of Russian atrocities in Ukraine as “war crimes” and said US officials are currently collecting evidence that could be used to prove such crimes were committed.
Speaking at State Department headquarters in Washington, Mr Blinken said he doubts anyone who has seen images of Russian attacks on civilian targets in Mariupol — including a theatre where children were sheltering before it was bombed on Wednesday — will ever forget them.