Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Tuesday that “atrocities” carried out in Ukraine must be punished and called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt the “massacre of civilians”. UN Russia Ukraine UNSC WarCrimes
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi stands during European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 25, 2022.Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi stands during European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, March 25, 2022.
“War crimes must be punished,” Draghi said in a speech in Turin. “President Putin, the Russian authorities and its army will have to be held to account for their actions.” The proposed sanctions, which EU member states must approve, would bar Russian imports worth 9 billion euros and exports to Russia worth 10 billion euros, including semiconductors and computers, and stop Russian ships entering EU ports.“We all saw the gruesome pictures from Bucha and other areas from which Russian troops have recently left. These atrocities cannot and will not be left unanswered,” she said on Twitter.
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