As proof of atrocities purportedly committed by Russian forces in Ukraine emerges, US Vice President Joe Biden has urged for Russian President Vladimir Putin to be punished for war crimes.
The reported slaughter of residents in Bucha, a village near Kyiv's capital, has sparked international outrage.
The United States has stated that it will back a team of foreign prosecutors traveling to Bucha to gather evidence.
Russia claimed that photographs of crimes were fabricated by Ukraine without providing any evidence.
After the bodies of 410 people were discovered in locations around Kyiv, the Ukrainian authorities launched a war crimes inquiry. Some were buried in mass graves, while others were found with their hands tied and shot at close range.
Officials in Kyiv also accused Russian forces of assassinating a village chief, her husband, and her son in the village of Motoyzhyn for assisting Ukrainian forces in the conflict.Mr Biden described Russian President Vladimir Putin as "brutal," saying that stronger penalties against the Kremlin were needed.
"You saw what occurred in Bucha – he is a war criminal… but we need to gather all the details so a war crimes trial can be held," he added.
Russian claims concerning the Bucha deaths are being investigated.
Russia assassinates a village chief and his family in Ukraine.
The US State Department claimed it had reliable accusations of Russian forces engaging in rape, torture, and summary executions as part of a "broader, worrisome campaign" by Moscow.
International prosecutors will assist Ukraine's war crimes prosecutor general at the request of Ukraine.
According to state department spokesperson Ned Price, "there are stories and images of a terrible litany of horrors."
The Pentagon stated it was "pretty evident" that Russia was behind the Bucha atrocities, but that more inquiry was needed to determine which troops were to blame.Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, paid a visit to Bucharest and accused Russia of genocide and war crimes.
In response to the Bucharest revelations, France and Germany have expelled Russian ambassadors.
The expulsion of 40 envoys was justified, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, because of the Kremlin's "unbelievable savagery" in Ukraine.
The French government stated that "several" Russian employees would be expelled, but did not specify how many.
Lithuania announced the expulsion of Russia's ambassador, citing alleged Russian army atrocities in Ukraine.
Russia's UN envoy said the country would offer "actual proof" to the UN Security Council proving that Western comments about the events in Bucha were false.Vasily Nebenzya accused Ukraine and its "Western sponsors" of manufacturing evidence and perpetrating a false flag strike on its own people during a press conference in New York.
Witnesses in Bucha described Russian soldiers firing on fleeing men after they refused to let them leave through humanitarian corridors.
At least 20 males were discovered dead in the street, several of them with serious injuries. Some appeared to have been executed by being shot through the temple, while others had been clearly driven over by tanks.
Maxar's satellite photographs reveal a 14m (45ft) mass burial in the city, near St Andrew's and Pyervozvannoho All Saints churches.
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