The Biden administration made a clear effort to dial up the rhetoric against Vladimir Putin and Russia on Monday with stern condemnations of reported massacres of civilians in Ukraine and promises for more action against Russia.
After horrifying images of what appeared to be civilians who had been executed with their hands tied were shared in western media outlets over the weekend, the US State Department called the reports of massacres committed by Russian troops “credible” and suggested directly that they were the result of deliberate, ordered actions that Russian military forces were carrying out.
