After Ukraine massacre's, West considers total boycott of Russian oil

 Washington Examiner:

New evidence of atrocities committed against Ukrainian civilians prompted outrage around the world Monday, forcing Western leaders to threaten even more punishing sanctions, including a complete lockout of Russia's vital gas industry.

The threat came after an all-out assault in Bucha, a suburb northwest of Kyiv. The city was completely charred and littered with the corpses of civilians on Sunday.

A man in a bright blue fleece was found hunched over the steering wheel of a crushed car at an intersection in the center of town, the New York Times reported. Another was found on his back on the side of the road with a single bullet through his head. His mangled green bicycle laid beside him. Several civilians had been stuffed into sewers, while others were found in mass graves.

Renewed allegations of war crimes came after multiple corpses were found with their wrists bound behind them and other signs of torture.

So far, more than 410 dead civilians have been found in what Ukrainian officials are calling a "planned genocide."

During his overnight speech, Zelensky urged Russians not to look away from the crimes allegedly being committed by their army against civilians in his country.

"I want every mother of every Russian soldier to see the bodies of the killed people in Bucha, in Irpin, in Hostomel," he said.

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There is a consensus growing for a total boycott of Russian gas and President Biden is calling for a war crimes trial against Putin.  It is hard to see how that will happen unless Putin is caught outside of Russia.  None of those calling for it are talking about invading Russia and taking prisoners. A total boycott of Russian oil could be done if Biden would lift the restrictions of US drilling.

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