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The US State Department is urging US embassies across Europe to not repost a tweet from the US Embassy in Kyiv which called Russia’s attack on a nuclear plant “a war crime,” according to multiple reports.
An internal message obtained by NBC News and CNN revealed the Department is urgently urging the embassies to avoid sharing language posted by the Kyiv envoy, or delete their post if they already have.
“All – do not/not retweet Embassy Kyiv’s tweet on shelling of the facility being a possible war crime” the message reportedly reads. “If you have retweeted it – un-retweet it ASAP.”
The warning comes just hours after the Kyiv embassy tweeted in response to the overnight Russian assault on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest facility of its kind in Europe.
“It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant. Putin’s shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further. #TheHague #Zaporizhzhia #StandwithUkraine,” the embassy’s official Twitter account posted. The US embassy in Kyiv called the Russian attack on the nuclear plant a war crime — language that the US administration has so far been hesitant to use. The US State Department is urging US embassies across Europe to not repost this tweet from the US Embassy in Kyiv. It is unclear if the State Department’s warning to other embassies is to avoid antagonizing Russian President Vladimir Putin further, as the White House has publicly avoided using such language in recent days.
On Wednesday, in response to a reporter who asked: “Do you believe Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine?” President Biden said: “We are following it very closely. It’s early to say that.”
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