US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken has disclosed that there are ‘very credible reports of deliberate attacks’ on civilians in Ukraine by Russian soldiers and the US would take action at the appropriate time.
Blinken made this disclosure in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.
According to him, the attacks would be considered a war crime and would not go unpunished.
Blinken also noted that the US has begun documenting evidence to determine whether or not war crimes have been committed against Ukrainian civilians.
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‘What we’re doing right now is documenting all of this, putting it all together, looking at it and making sure that, as people and the appropriate organisations and institutions investigate whether war crimes have been or are being committed, that we can support whatever — whatever they’re doing,’ he said.
‘So, right now we’re looking at these reports. They’re very credible and we’re documenting everything,‘ he added.
Karim Khan, an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor, last week said he had opened an investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine.
‘I have notified the ICC Presidency a few moments ago of my decision to immediately proceed with active investigations in the situation. Our work in the collection of evidence has now commenced,’ Khan had said.
Meanwhile PresidentVladimir Putin has demanded the surrender of Ukrainian forces, as he vowed to press ahead with his ceaseless offensive as the war entered its tenth day.
According to him, the Ukrainian resistance force should immediately discontinue the fighting to enable the evacuation of 200,000 people from the besieged city of Mariupol.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the evacuation was impossible for the second day as Russian shelling continued on Sunday.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
