Earlier, Biden said that this guy (Putin) is sadistic and what is happening in Bucha is outrageous.
Washington:
US President Joe Biden appeared to accuse Russian leader Vladimir Putin of genocide on Tuesday during a speech about gasoline prices.
“Your family budget, your ability to fill your flask – none of this depends on a dictator declaring war and committing genocide halfway around the world,” Biden said at the event. lawsuit in Iowa.
The Biden administration has sought to blame a sharp increase at US gas stations for Putin’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, in which the Russian military was accused of atrocities against civilians.
Ukraine has accused Russia of war crimes since the discovery of hundreds of civilians believed to have died in Bucha, sparking protests.
Biden described Putin as a “war criminal” last week amid global outrage and calls for him to go to court over the atrocity allegations.
But the United States has stopped using the long-established term “genocide,” because of its strict legal definition and the heavy implications that the accusation carries.
Biden was earlier asked by reporters if the Bucha killings were a “genocide crime” to which he replied: “No, I think it’s a war crime.”
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