Biden slams ‘war criminal’ Putin as Ukraine civilian horror grows

US President Joe Biden branded Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” Wednesday as the Russian leader’s onslaught in Ukraine claimed more civilian lives, and a theatre where “hundreds” were sheltering was destroyed by bombing.

Biden’s rebuke – his sharpest yet – came after Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky made a searing appeal for help to the US Congress and the president…