United States (US) President Joe Biden has called Vladimir Putin, Russian President a war criminal and United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says there is very strong evidence he is after reports that Russia has attacked a theatre sheltering civilians in the besieged city of Mariupol where between 1,000 and 1,200 people may have inside.

The number of casualties is currently unknown while in the northern city of Chernihiv, 13 people waiting in a queue for bread were reportedly killed by Russian shelling.

“The American people are united, the world is united, and we stand with the people of Ukraine.

We will not let autocrats and would-be emperors dictate the direction of the world,” Biden said.