
US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal on Monday, and said he would call for a war crimes trial.
“You saw what happened in Bucha,” Biden said. He added that Putin “is a war criminal”
Biden also said he would seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine, but his comments to reporters did not go as far as calling the actions genocide.
“We have to continue to provide Ukraine with the weapons they need to continue the fight. And we have to gather all the detail so this can be an actual – have a war crimes trial,” Biden said, according to remarks posted by Associated Press.
Biden lashed out at Putin as “brutal.”
“What’s happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone sees it,” Biden added.
In a separate move, a senior US defence official informed Reuters that the US believes Russia has repositioned about two thirds of its forces from around Kyiv, with many of them consolidating in Belarus. They anticipate they will be re-directed to the east of Ukraine, but that is not yet confirmed./TheGuardian/