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after they took over the city last week. at least ten people were killed by russian bombs as they stood in line for bread. let s go straight to senior international correspondent sam kiley reporting live from kyiv. so, sam, moments ago, we saw a pretty big shift here in washington. president biden now says that vladimir putin is a war criminal. how big of a deal is this for ukraine, the government specifically and the ukrainian people? reporter: i think to the ukrainian people, the ukrainian government, it s no big deal because what they want is immediate action rather than these rather nuanced diplomatic issues. so, for example, on a day we ve seen ten people killed in a bread queue, unknown numbers eventually killed in an attack against the theater in the southeast of the country in mariupol, these are actual crimes that have been committed
russian president vladimir putin. is he a war criminal in. i think he is a war criminal. i think he is a war criminal. the kremlin says president biden s remarks are unforgivable. cnn s natasha bertrand live in brussels, belgium, with more. what prompted the president s condemnation, the sharpest condemnation yet of putin here? reporter: well, christine, white house press secretary jen psaki said he was speaking from the heart after seeing all of these images of the atrocities and destruction that russia is wreaking on ukraine right now. just yesterday alone when we saw people being held against their will at the hospital and he came out and gave the highest level condemnation we ve seen from u.s. officials of putin s
but they ve got to be in the lead. where we need to make a decision ultimately, and this would be a good problem to have, is what to do with the sanctions that we have imposed. you know, do we if there is some sort of cease-fire or diplomatic agreement, do we lift some of the sanctions? do we continue to put sanctions in place, to leave the sanctions in place until there s some accountability for what putin has done, until russia, for example, contributes to the reconstruction of ukraine? those are going to be the decisions we have to make. only the ukrainians can design how this ends, because they are the ones on the front lines. another variable in whether or not sanctions get reduced to any degree, or removed, amid this war, what is your assessment of threats to the u.s. homeland? there s new article you may have seen in vox, and it asks, is russia holding back from cyber
with homes destroyed and food supplies running low, apocalyptic scenes now the new normal. we cook food in the court yard and hear planes overhead, it was a constant state of horror, he said. in lviv, sirens. it s just past 5:30 a.m. here in lviv, you can hear another air ride siren. these are becoming constant. over the last week, every single day. russia upping its military tactics. in this air strike, claiming to have destroyed an underground ammunition warehouse, although nbc news can t verify this. this was the first time russia claimed to have used hypersonic missiles. the second time this morning. president biden called president putin a war criminal and