The State Department is reportedly 'assessing' whether the Russian attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was a war crime.
account of the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv suggested the attack was a war crime on Friday morning before the State Department quickly attempted to walk back the comment. In response to a query by Agence France-Presse, a State Department spokesman said that the legality of the attack was being studied.
"The intentional targeting of civilians or civilian objects, including nuclear power plants, is a war crime, and we are assessing the circumstances of this operation," the spokesman ."But regardless of the legality, this action was the height of irresponsibility, and the Kremlin must cease operations around nuclear infrastructure."
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