Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with government members via a video link in Moscow, Russia March 10, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, a rare show of unity in the deeply divided Congress.
The resolution, introduced by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and backed by senators of both parties, encouraged the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and other nations to target the Russian military in any investigation of war crimes committed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. read more
"All of us in this chamber joined together, with Democrats and Republicans, to say that Vladimir Putin cannot escape accountability for the atrocities committed against the Ukrainian people," Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a speech on the Senate floor ahead of the vote.
Russia calls its actions a "special military operation" to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine. Putin has also called the country a U.S. colony with a puppet regime and no tradition of independent statehood.
Moscow has not captured any of the 10 biggest cities in the country following its incursion that began on Feb. 24, the largest assault on a European state since 1945.
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Reporting by Moira Warburton in Washington; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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kawag on March 16th, 2022 at 03:59 UTC »
I doubt the US Senate would unanimously agree that the sky is blue, so this is quite an achievement.
theowawausyss on March 16th, 2022 at 03:01 UTC »
Sooo.. now what
HeyJRoot2 on March 16th, 2022 at 02:48 UTC »
Between this and the unanimous agreement on Daylight Saving Time I’m wondering if I somehow woke up in a different country this morning. Or a parallel Universe?