Blinken: “We Can’t Become Numb” To Russian Atrocities

Reuters reports:

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said images of dead Ukrainian civilians found in the town of Bucha after Russian troops left were a “punch in the gut” and those responsible for any war crimes must be held accountable.

Blinken’s comments in a CNN interview on Sunday came a day after Ukrainian forces moved into the town near Kyiv and found what officials and witnesses said were the bodies of nearly 300 civilians killed by Russian troops.

“There needs to be accountability,” he said. “But I think the most important thing is we can’t become numb to this. We can’t normalize this. This is the reality of what’s going on every single day as long as Russia’s brutality against Ukraine continues.”

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Images of dead in Ukrainian town of Bucha a ‘punch in gut,’ says Blinken https://t.co/TUGq2mL0pK pic.twitter.com/SRPsSG0qMH

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the State Department would help document any atrocities the Russian military committed against Ukrainian civilianshttps://t.co/bJVFWxn2oO

— CNN International (@cnni) April 3, 2022

“We can’t become numb to this.”

Secretary of State Antony Blinken responds to images of horror in Bucha outside Kyiv, Ukraine, where bodies of Ukrainian civilians littered the streets amid the destruction left by Russian forces. pic.twitter.com/kODcIkRRqQ

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