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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Russia must face ‘maximum’ sanctions for Ukraine atrocities, says Truss as Biden demands war crimes trial

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Russia must be hit with the “maximum level” of sanctions for its atrocities in Ukraine, Liz Truss said on Monday as President Joe Biden called for Vladimir Putin to stand trial for war crimes.

The foreign secretary stressed “nothing is off the table” as she hit out at the “butchery” of Moscow’s forces, including the indiscriminate killing of civilians in the town of Bucha.

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