The international community has been appalled by the evidence of war crimes emerging from Ukraine. Evidence from the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, recently liberated from occupying Russian forces, implicates those forces in the torture, rape, and mass execution of civilians. Evidence of similar atrocities is likely to emerge from other locales such as Mariupol, which for now remains under Chechen occupation.
Responding to these images of despair and the associated revulsion they have provoked in Western populations, Britain and the European Union are calling for new sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s government. French President Emmanuel Macron called for a ban on Russian oil and coal exports on Monday. Germany is strongly hinting it would support associated sanctions action.
