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US: planned trials of Ukrainian POWs would be ‘mockery of justice’

rally demanding to recognize russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, in lviv
Children hold placards, as relatives and friends of defenders of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol hold a rally demanding to recognise Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism after killing Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in a prison in Olenivka, outside of Donetsk

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday condemned plans by Russian-backed authorities to put on trial Ukrainian prisoners of war in the southern port of Mariupol, saying Russia would be trying to deflect responsibility for the invasion of its neighbor.

“The planned show trials are illegitimate and a mockery of justice, and we strongly condemn them,” department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement.

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