The US and the EU are set to impose more sanctions on Russia amid allegations of war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha.

Washington is reportedly considering measures targeting Putin's two daughters and Russia's largest bank.

The US has also announced it will step up military aid by sending $100m in Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, EU ambassadors are meeting to consider new sanctions, including a potential ban on imports of Russian coal.

It comes after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky listed alleged Russian atrocities, in a speech to the UN Security Council.

Showing a gruesome video, he claimed civilians had been shot in the streets, thrown into wells and crushed by tanks.

Russia denied any war crimes and its UN ambassador repeated debunked claims about bodies in Bucha.

Source: BBC

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