Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to punish everyone who “committed atrocities” in the war that has claimed lives of hundreds, including women and children. Zelenskyy said that “we will not forget, we will not forgive” those involved.
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“It’s murder, deliberate murder,” Zelensky raged in an address as he warned of more shelling to come Monday. “We will not forgive, we will not forget, we will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war on our land,” he said. “There will be no quiet place on this Earth except the grave.”
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Russian forces pummelled Ukrainian cities from the air, land and sea on Monday, with warnings they were preparing for an assault on the capital Kyiv.
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Fighting stopped terrified civilians failed for a second day to escape besieged Mariupol. The United States has seen very credible reports of deliberate attacks on civilians in Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
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The relentless fire has pushed more than 1.5 million people across Ukraine’s borders as refugees, though many others are displaced internally or trapped in cities being reduced to rubble by Russian bombardment.
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International sanctions intended to punish Moscow have so far done little to slow the invasion, and Washington said it was now discussing a ban on Russian oil imports with Europe.
