President Joe Biden called Russia’s aggression the genocide of Ukraine, saying “Putin is trying to eliminate even one Ukrainian”.
During a trip to Iowa on Tuesday, the president discussed rising gas prices and other consumers during Russia’s war with Ukraine. “Your family budget, the ability to fill your tank, shouldn’t be dependent If the dictator will declare war and if he will commit genocide “Haf the world away,” DJ Judd told CNN.
Biden later doubled down on his comments to reporters, saying that lawyers would decide whether Russia’s actions fit the international definition of genocide, “but, of course, it seems so.”
Previously, the president condemned the Kremlin’s attacks on Ukraine Putin “guilty of war” And the trial of war crimes must be carried out.
The United Nations defines genocide as the killing or causing serious harm to a group: national, ethnic, racial or religious. In order to destroy the group In whole or in part.
The President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, earlier Russia’s actions were assessed as genocide, Biden replied Twitter comments: “Naming things is necessary to prevent evil”. He added that Ukrainians are “in urgent need of heavier weapons to prevent further Russian atrocities”.
Earlier this week, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo). He said Russia’s brutal attack was “clearly genocide”.
Source: Huffpost
