Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russia President Vladimir Putin is using 'barbaric tactics, bombing civilian areas' as he said such actions could be used in a future war crimes trial at The Hague.
Russian forces are heading towards the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in a 40-mile convoy amid fears the city could face a barrage of rockets and shells, causing huge numbers of civilian casualties. Ukraine has already accused Russia of war crimes over the bombing of the second city of Kharkiv.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, said he plans to open an investigation “as rapidly as possible” into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine. UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, a former Foreign Office lawyer, said it must be clear “both to Putin but also to commanders in Moscow and on the ground in Ukraine that they will be held accountable for any violations of the laws of war”.
