President Biden on Wednesday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“I think he is a war criminal,” Biden told reporters at an event at the White House.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki, questioned about Biden’s labeling of Putin, said his comment speaks for itself.
“The president’s remarks speak for themselves. He was speaking from his heart and speaking from what he’s seen on television, which is barbaric actions by a brutal dictator through an invasion of a foreign country,” she said.
She noted there is a legal process underway at the State Department about designating Putin a war criminal.
Vice President Harris, while in Romania on Friday, said intentional attacks against civilians are war crimes. In Poland on Thursday, she voiced support for a war crimes investigation into Russia over its strikes on civilian areas.
“We have been clear that any intentional attack or targeting of civilians is a war crime. Period,” she said on Friday.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview aired on Wednesday that the U.S. is looking into whether Russia is intentionally targeting civilians and journalists, saying it would constitute a “war crime” if Russia was doing so. Blinken’s comments come as journalists in Ukraine have been killed and hospitalized this week while covering the Russian invasion.
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