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cases against russia over its actions in ukraine, that's according to "the new york times" which reports that the icc plans to issue arrest warrants against several people is how they put it and these would be the first international charges to be brought since the invasion. one case is related to russia's targeting of civilian infrastructure including the attack on a maternity hospital in mariupol. the second case they are reporting targets russia's alleged abduction of ukrainian children. listen to what secretary of state tony blinken said about this around the one-year anniversary of the invasion. >> we can never let the crimes of russia's co is committing is normal. bucha is not normal, irpin is not normal, bombing hospitals is not normal. stealing ukrainian children from their families and giving them
biden is expected to have new sanctions on russia. on saturday, the u.s. firmly accused russia of committing war crimes against humanity in ukraine. putin's war has cost thousands of lives. it is targeted civilians. putin has even taken aim at a maternity hospital in mariupol. as we enter year two of the invasion, there is no clear end in sight. and now there are new concerns about china's involvement. this weekend, u.s. officials warn that china might be providing russia with non lethal military assistance. it could provide lethal assistance in the future. here's what secretary of state anthony blinken said earlier today on msnbc. >> jen is trying to have it both ways. publicly, and privately as i said we have >> seen already over the past months. the nonlethal assistance that
credibility, ambassador. we know that you have said untruths even at the un. you held up, for example, pictures of women after the attack on a maternity hospital in mariupol. you claimed that the two pictures you had were of the same woman and that she was a fake, she was an actress. it wasn't true. investigation showed that these were two different women. one of them died after the attack. the other was actually sent in the end by russian forces to donbas. so what you did was entirely untrue. you also claimed that you had evidence of leaks showing a bioweapons facility in ukraine. even one of russia's respected scientists said that the evidence you presented was absurd, nonsensical and absurd. so you don't tell the truth, ambassador. first, we have to finish on sexual violence. you said that we didn't cite a single example.
well, i tell you what, you know, i can put the facts on the ground as reported by independent un investigators to you. you can deny them and say they're fake and say that the un is biased. we could spend the rest of the interview doing that. ijust would like to make a slightly different point, which is one about truth—telling, truth—telling and credibility, ambassador. we know that you have said untruths even at the un. you held up, for example, pictures of women after the attack on the maternity hospital in mariupol. you claim that the two pictures you had were of the same woman and that she was a fake, she was an actress. it wasn't true. investigation showed that these were two different women. one of them died after the attack. the other was actually sent in the end by russian forces to donbas. so what you did was entirely untrue. you also claim that you had evidence of leaks showing a bioweapons
well, i tell you what, you know, i can put the facts on the ground as reported by independent un investigators to you. you can deny them and say they're fake and say that the un is biased. we could spend the rest of the interview doing that. ijust would like to make a slightly different point, which is one about truth—telling, truth—telling and credibility, ambassador. we know that you have said untruths even at the un. you held up, for example, pictures of women after the attack on the maternity hospital in mariupol. you claim that the two pictures you had were of the same woman and that she was a fake, she was an actress. it wasn't true. investigation showed that these were two different women. one of them died after the attack. the other was actually sent in the end by russian forces to donbas. so what you did was entirely untrue.
we were the only ones who cited an audit and then gave an example, an example of those sexual crimes that the ukrainian forces have committed. i could repeat it today if you are eager to hear. well, i tell you what, you know, i can put the facts on the ground as reported by independent un investigators to you. you can deny them and say they're fake and say that the un is biased. we could spend the rest of the interview doing that. ijust would like to make a slightly different point, which is one about truth—telling, truth—telling and credibility, ambassador. we know that you have said untruths even at the un. you held up, for example, pictures of women after the attack on the maternity hospital in mariupol. you claim that the two pictures you had were of the same woman and that she was a fake, she was an actress. it wasn't true. investigation showed that these were two different women.
turning to the on going russian invasion of ukraine, president biden spoke with president zelenskyy ahead of a new wave of u.s. military support, the united states said it is a matter of massive help because there will be $800 million worth of military hardware going to ukraine, that included new armored humvees and helicopters and drones, meanwhile there is a european report detailing new evidence of russian war crimes citing the bombing of the maternity hospital in mariupol and a feeder that was clarkly marked for civilians, not a military target and documentation of the disturbing allegations of rape and torture committed by russian soldiers. you may recall when president biden suggested russia as actions were war crimes and now he said it could be genocide.
department correspondent barbara plett usher. it illustrates the difficulty of how the west is responding to russia. they want to arm the ukrainians, they want to provide them military support. but at the same time they don't want to cross that line of where they look as if they are entering into the conflict themselves. the poles were obviously very concerned about that, they didn't want to be out by themselves doing. they said, "wait, this should be a nato decision." you heard from mr blinken, and also the uk and germany have come forward saying nato should not be sending war planes, or shooting down russian warplanes. there international condemnation of a strike on a maternity hospital in mariupol. at the past of neroli white house has condemned the attack, describing it as barbaric. my attack, describing it as barbaric. my colleagues updating the bbc news
it's good to talk to you again. just a few days ago, russian forces bombed a maternity hospital in mariupol. you've called this latest strike that we've just watched an apartment building in kyiv by russian artillery and example, in your words, of genocide in the 21st century. that's a very serious allegation. do you believe that russian forces are deliberately and specifically targeting civilians. >> absolutely. it couldn't be so many mistakes. kindergarten, schools, hospitals, more than 200 schools are hit by russians. even what you said about valuable and the maternity house. one of the women who were injured in that time, pregnant women, she died with her unborn child. that's an awful catastrophe. and now you see these absolutely residential buildings. and today, there were three bombings in kyiv, and three of them were just in areas without
and around the world at what happened to that hospital in mariupol. you just heard president zelenskyy there, he said the bombing is proof of a genocide of ukrainians taking place in that video message he posted on telegram last night. russia, trying to get its message straight, frankly, the russian ambassador to france said it wasn't russia, basically saying we didn't do it, and the russian foreign ministry spokesperson incredibly accusing ukraine of using that hospital for combat positions and clearing out patients ahead of time, but you're looking at the videos and the photographs, they clearly show otherwise. those images of, you know, wounded heavily pregnant patients being carried out after the bombing staff. bo bodies being collected, and by the way, don, the world health organization yesterday said they have verified 18 attacks on health care facilities in this country. th health workers, ambulances and so on. the denials, the deflections