Russia summons U.S ambassador after Biden calls Putin ‘war criminal’

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Russia summons U.S ambassador after Biden calls Putin ‘war criminal’

Mar 22, 2022: Russia says it has summoned the U.S ambassador to the country over recent remarks by President Joe Biden calling his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” during the invasion of Ukraine.

In a statement on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it had summoned U.S Ambassador John Sullivan because relations between Moscow and Washington were on the brink of collapse.

Biden told reporters last week that Putin was a “war criminal” for launching a full-scale attack on Ukraine late last month, as Russia’s bombing had leveled the entire neighborhood and displacing 10 million people from their homes.

“Such statements from the American president, unworthy of a statesman of such high rank, put Russian-American relations on the verge of rupture,” the foreign ministry said in the statement.

It also said Sullivan had been handed a formal letter of protest about “recent unacceptable statements” made by Biden, and was warned that “hostile actions taken against Russia would receive a firm and decisive response”.

Tensions between the US and Russia have been rising amid Russian forces’ continuing attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns, which have drawn global condemnation and complicated efforts to bring about a negotiated end to the conflict.

The Kremlin immediately rejected Biden’s assertion that Putin was a “war criminal”, calling it “unacceptable and unforgivable rhetoric”.

Blinken said on Thursday that Department of State experts were in the process of documenting and evaluating potential war crimes in Ukraine to help international efforts towards accountability, but added that it was apparent that Russia is committing abuses.

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