Countries like France and Germany are expelling Russian diplomats as the United States is pushing for more sanctions against Russia and accuses the country of committing war crimes.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denies those accusations and says that the West should consider its own actions in Iraq and Libya.

Earlier I spoke with award-winning journalist Chris Hedges, who made the case about the west committing war crimes without accountability.

In Ukraine, President Vladimir Zelenskyy has visited the site of mass burials in Bucha – where local residents speak of systematic killings. Keeran McQuillan in Lviv has more.

To discuss:

• Valentin Yakushik is a professor of political science.
• Vladimir Golstein is chair of the Slavic Studies department, at Brown University.
• Robert Legvold is a professor of political science at Columbia University.

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The U.S. will be working with allies and partners in deciding how to try Russia for war crimes in Ukraine, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says https://t.co/58Q1T5Onv7 pic.twitter.com/U2WoZLX6f2

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The U.S. "is ill-positioned to help bring about [justice for war crimes] — not without cloaking itself in immense hypocrisy, at any rate," @joelmmathis says. https://t.co/HAbjVOaArE

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