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After allegations of Russian massacre of civilians in Ukraine were raised, the US is raising the level of sanctions against Russia.
U.S. President Biden has declared the incident of secondary genocide a "serious war crime" and said he would hold Russia accountable with harsher sanctions.
Correspondent Lee Kyung-won.
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White House has announced that it will ban all new investment in Russia.
New investment in Russia, which was limited to the energy sector, was expanded to all sectors.
Russia's largest state-owned banks and private banks have also decided to block all of them from the US financial system.
Putin's two daughters and key aides were also on the sanctions list.
The U.S. has made it clear that the expansion of sanctions is aimed at bankrupt Russia's economy.
U.S. President Biden has declared the alleged incident of a secondary genocide in Ukraine a "serious war crime" and said he would hold Russia strongly accountable.
[Joe Biden/President of the United States: Together with our allies, we will continue to raise Russia's economic costs, exacerbating Putin's suffering and heightening economic isolation.]
Western countries, starting with Germany and France The expulsion of Russian diplomats is also continuing.
However, Russia has warned of possible severing diplomatic relations.
[Maria Zakharova/Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: We condemn the Western media, above all the American media.
They are not only spreading disinformation, they are complicating war crimes.]
In the meantime, it has been claimed that about 400 people have gone missing in the Ukrainian Khostmel region.
Hostomel is adjacent to the Bucha, where the massacre of civilians was reported.