Blinken says war crimes committed in Ukraine, U.S. experts working to document attacks

A view of a bedroom in a damaged apartment after an intercepted missile hit a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said he agrees with President Joe Biden that war crimes have been committed in Ukraine and U.S. experts were gathering evidence to prove it.

Biden told reporters a day earlier that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "war criminal" but the White House later said no formal determination had been made on potential violations of international law since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.