Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Menendez Blasts Russia on Ukraine Nova Kakhovka Dam Emergency
June 07, 2023
June 07, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on June 6, 2023, after the destruction of the Nova Kakhova dam in Ukraine:
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"Deliberately attacking civilian infrastructure, as such, would be a war crime, plain and simple. If it's found that Russia did indeed purposefully target and destroy the Kakhovka dam, those responsible must be held to account.
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"Deliberately attacking civilian infrastructure, as such, would be a war crime, plain and simple. If it's found that Russia did indeed purposefully target and destroy the Kakhovka dam, those responsible must be held to account.
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