{"id":1387082,"date":"2022-03-17T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1387082"},"modified":"2022-03-17T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:45:00","slug":"secretary-of-state-accuses-russia-of-committing-war-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-accuses-russia-of-committing-war-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Of State Accuses Russia Of Committing \u2018War Crimes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecretary-of-state-accuses-russia-of-committing-war-crimes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1387082&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/975D5B4E-8CFD-4D64-A05E-C302AD2F8DA1_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Thursday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Russia of committing war crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">During a news conference at the State Department, Blinken <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/echoing-biden-blinken-believes-russia-committing-war-crimes\/story?id=83508109\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, \u201c<span class=\"s2\">Yesterday, President Biden said that in his opinion, war crimes have been committed in Ukraine. Personally, I agree,\u201d adding, \u201cIntentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. After all the destruction of the past few weeks, I find it difficult to conclude that the Russians are doing otherwise.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cRussian forces bombed a theatre in Mariupol where hundreds of people had taken shelter. The word children had been written in Russian in giant white letters on the pavement outside the building so that you could know from the air that there were children inside,\u201d Blinken noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cRussian forces also opened fire on 10 civilians who were waiting in line for bread,\u201d he said, adding that the United States had so far seen a \u201clong list of attacks on civilian and nonmilitary locations across Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">ABC News <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/echoing-biden-blinken-believes-russia-committing-war-crimes\/story?id=83508109\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cJust moments before Blinken stepped out to speak, a State Department official confirmed to ABC News that a U.S. citizen was killed Thursday in Ukraine after Chernihiv regional police reported an American was killed by Russian shelling there. Two American journalists, a filmmaker and a Fox News cameraperson, were also killed this week covering the war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere\u2019s going to have to be, one way or another, accountability for this war of aggression,\u201d Blinken said about Putin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Although Ukrainian officials have been in discussions with Russian counterparts, Blinken stated that they have not observed \u201c<span class=\"s2\">any meaningful effort\u201d by Russia to stop the war through diplomatic means. \u201cIf anything, he warned, Putin indicated in his remarks Wednesday that he is doubling down,\u201d ABC noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">In a video speech to Russians, per a translation, Putin said, \u201cThe collective West is attempting to splinter our society,\u201d adding, \u201cSpeculating on military losses, on socio-economic effects of sanctions, in order to provoke a people\u2019s rebellion in Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cBut any people, the Russian people especially, are able to distinguish true patriots from bastards and traitors, and will \u2018spit them out,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cI am certain that this necessary and natural self-cleaning of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, togetherness, and our readiness to answer any calls to action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">On Wednesday, President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin is \u201ca war criminal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">A Kremlin spokesperson referenced Biden\u2019s declaration, saying on Wednesday, per Russian state media, \u201cWe consider unacceptable and unforgivable such rhetoric of the head of state, whose bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/03\/17\/us-accuses-kremlin-of-war-crimes-for-bombing-ukraine-theater-housing-children.html\"><span class=\"s1\">reported<\/span><\/a>, \u201cPsaki said on Wednesday that Biden was speaking from his heart about what he has seen on the news, which she described as \u2018barbaric actions by a brutal dictator.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cShe noted that there is a separate legal process underway at the State Department to determine whether Putin violated international law and committed war crimes,\u201d the outlet added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">ABC News also noted, \u201cBefore the U.S. officially labels Putin\u2019s actions as war crimes, Blinken said State Department experts from the Office of Global Criminal Justice are documenting and evaluating evidence for a formal determination and will share the findings with those responsible for accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a virtual speech to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday morning, Biden \u201cannounced\u00a0an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine, bringing the total U.S. security assistance committed to Ukraine to $1 billion in just the past week, and a total of $2 billion since the start of the Biden Administration,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-announces-new-800-million-security-assistance-package-for-ukraine\"><span class=\"s1\">The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe assistance will take the form of direct transfers of equipment from the Department of Defense to the Ukrainian military to help them defend their country against Russia\u2019s unprovoked and unjustified invasion,\u201d the White House\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/03\/16\/fact-sheet-on-u-s-security-assistance-for-ukraine\/\"><span class=\"s1\">stated<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis could be a long and difficult battle, but the American people will be steadfast in our support for the people in Ukraine in the face of Putin\u2019s immoral, unethical attacks on civilian populations,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused Russia of committing war crimes.During a news conference at the State Department, Blinken said, \u201cYesterday, President Biden said that in his opinion,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1387082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}