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The United States has reached the assessment that Russian military forces committed war crimes in Ukraine, US ambassador at large for global criminal justice Beth Van Schaack tells reporters at a State Department briefing. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses Russia of committing war crimes by attacking civilians in Ukraine. "Intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime. After all the destruction of the past few weeks, I find it difficult to conclude that the Russians are doing otherwise," Blinken says. SOUNDBITE
Ukrainians set up crosses for civilian victims of conflict in the east in front of the Russian embassy in Kiev. Mana Rabiee reports.
Images show the aftermath of a Russian attack on the Darnytskyi district of Ukraine's capital Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that according to medics, seven people were injured in that district. Ukrainian military authorities said Russia launched cruise missile attacks on Kyiv overnight. The falling debris from shot-down missiles resulted in seven people injured and damage to buildings. IMAGES
A Russian missile struck a residential building in the central city of Dnipro on Friday injuring at least nine people, Ukraine's interior minister said. Video shows smoke billowing from the top floors of a residential building that had been badly damaged. IMAGES ++ COMPLETES WITH VIDI_33Q97L6 ++
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows that Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, and instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing", the EU's top diplomat says. SOUNDBITE