US president was referring to Russia invading Ukraine and targeting civilians
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned US ambassador John Sullivan to tell him that President Joe Biden’s calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” had pushed bilateral ties to the brink of collapse.
State department spokesperson Ned Price confirmed that Sullivan met with Russian officials. But he declined to say whether the US envoy told them that the US stands behind the accusation Biden levelled at Putin. Russia’s actions “call into question whether they, too, welcome these same open lines of communications”, Price said.
Russia said on Saturday it had used hypersonic Kinzhal missiles to destroy a large weapons depot in Ukraine’s western Ivano-Frankivsk region. Russia’s military had ordered Ukrainians in the city in the country’s southeast to surrender by 5am, saying that those who do so would be permitted to leave through safe corridors.
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