US warns Russia over ‘potential’ war crimes in Ukraine

A member of Ukrainian emergency services works amid rubble, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Chernihiv, Ukraine, (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters)

WASHINGTON: Washington on Thursday warned Moscow about what some observers describe as war crimes by Russian forces in Ukraine. U.S. officials say Russia is “turning to a strategy of laying waste to population centers” in Ukraine, as high-level talks between the warring parties made no progress.