President Joe Biden said this morning that evidence needs to be gathered to put Russian leader Vladimir Putin on trial for war crimes related to his nation’s invasion of Ukraine, CNBC reports.
“He is a war criminal,” Biden said of Putin, on the heels of reports of mass killings of civilians by Russian-controlled troops in the town of Bucha, northwest of Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. “This guy is brutal, and what’s happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone’s seen it,” Biden told reporters. “I think it is a war crime … He should be held accountable.”
Biden also said that he plans to seek additional sanctions on Russia for its conduct during the war, which began with the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
