Vladimir Putin faces being hauled in entrance of the Hague for struggle crimes over his invasion of Ukraine after a “barbaric” assault on town of Kharkiv.
Ukraine’s International Minister Dmytro Kuleba known as for extra worldwide sanctions towards Russia after devastating bombardments of the key Ukraine metropolis.
Kuleba stated on social media: “Barbaric Russian missile strikes on the central Freedom Sq. and residential districts of Kharkiv. Putin is unable to interrupt Ukraine down. He commits extra struggle crimes out of fury, murders harmless civilians,”
Britain warned Russian generals and politicians they face being jailed for all times in the event that they comply with Putin’s orders and commit struggle crimes in Ukraine amid claims that horrific weapons at the moment are being unleashed by Russian forces.
Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab stated there was a “very actual danger” of the Russian president and his loyalists “ending up in a dock in The Hague and spending their lives behind bars”.
Raab, a former lawyer who prosecuted struggle criminals, accused Putin of “barbarism” towards Ukraine and warned on Sky Information: “People who interact in struggle crimes might be held to account.”
He spoke as Boris Johnson landed in Warsaw on Tuesday morning the place he is because of meet Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Johnson is about to debate the UK’s monetary and diplomatic help for central Europe because it faces the prospect of a humanitarian disaster.
Up to now round half 1,000,000 Ukrainians are thought to have fled their nation following Russia’s invasion.
After assembly Morawiecki, Johnson will head to Estonia the place he'll meet with leaders in Tallinn earlier than visiting serving troops alongside Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg.
In different developments:
- Russia ramped up its efforts to take the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in a single day. A convoy stretching for 40 miles has been seen advancing on town.
- The newest estimates from Ukraine counsel that 352 folks, together with 16 youngsters, had been killed within the combating.
- Ukrainian defence sources claiming greater than 5,000 Russian troops have misplaced their lives within the invasion.
- British navy defence chiefs consider Vladimir Putin’s forces have switched to extra night time operations to restrict their losses after having failed to realize management of the airspace over Ukraine.
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