Crimes? clearly, in the short term, vladimir putin is going to be sitting in the kremlin. and he enjoys support inside of russia. but this is why in the long run, yes. the reason it is so important to document these war crimes and send a message from putin on down to the people carrying out these orders. down to the people committing those war crimes, that those people will be pursued for the rest of their lives. if they leave russia, they will fall into the arms of international justice. it has to be a message that we will never relent in bringing those people to justice. what is at stake here, is whether or not in the 21st century, that kind of behavior is rewarded or that kind of behavior is punished. that is why in the long run, ukraine has to prevail in this conflict and maintain their sovereignty. and that is why the people who have carried out these kinds of war crimes have to know, that the world is not going to rest, so long as they are alive and so long as there is a possibil
Barricaded in a room. more innocent slaughter. we have seen in bucha, seen in kramatorsk, all across ukraine. genocide, war crimes, whatever you want to designate. does anyone ever pay for what is happening? i think that the big question that this will raise is, in the long run, are the people going to pay for this who are guilty of these war crimes? clearly, in the short term, vladimir putin is going to be sitting in the kremlin. and he enjoys support inside of russia. but this is why in the long run, yes. the reason it is so important to document these war crimes and send a message from putin on down to the people carrying out these orders. down to the people committing those war crimes, that those people will be pursued for the rest of their lives. if they leave russia, they will fall into the arms of international justice. it has to be a message that we will never relent in bringing those people to justice. what is at stake here, is whether or not in the 21st