The United States and the European Union already refer to attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine as “war crimes”. The first to do so was Joe Bidenthe American president, who has pointed directly to the president of RussiaVladimir Putin as “war criminal”. Far from qualifying his denunciation, the president of the United States has called him a “murderer”, “dictator” and “a pure thug who wages an immoral war”. His press secretary, Jen Psaki, has acknowledged that these words “have come from his heart.”
The US Secretary of State for Security, Antony Blinken, has also maintained that war crimes are being committed in Ukraine, but without pointing directly at Putin. A statement that the High Representative for Foreign Policy of the European Union also agrees with, Joseph Borellwhich has once again condemned the attacks by Russian forces on the Ukrainian civilian population, “war crimes”.
“Russia’s war against Ukraine and its people has been going on for three full weeks. 21 days of Russia bombing the cities of Ukraine. committing war crimes. Targeting civilians. Starving. Killing children. And blatantly lying about it“, The European president has exposed in his social networks.
From the Kremlin, and responding directly to the American’s statements, they brand “unacceptable and inexcusable” your claims. “We consider such rhetoric by the head of a state whose bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world unacceptable and inexcusable,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.
What is considered a war crime?
The accusation is in the air, so it is inevitable to ask a question, What does it mean to be a war criminal? International Law expert Concepción Escobar, consulted by laSexta, explains that attacks on the civilian population are considered war crimes, “because in an armed conflict it is necessary to make a clear distinction between the combatant and the civilian population, such as hospitals or of shelters
The International Criminal Court is already conducting an open investigation and will have to determine if these crimes have been committed and who has committed them. If proven guilty, the Russian president could end up being triedbut so that the Court can judge him it is necessary for Russia to hand over because it would have to be present, a possibility that right now seems unlikely.
Source: Lasexta
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