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Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, told Times Radio this morning that the UK was open to the idea of an international criminal tribunal trying Vladimir Putin and other Russian leaders over the war in Ukraine.
Asked by the Ukrainian MP Alexey Goncharenko if the UK would support the move, Truss replied:
Well, we are very clear that Putin and all of those who’ve been behind the appalling war crimes that are being committed in Ukraine need to be held to account, and we’re working very closely with the ICC [International Criminal Court].
We’ve sent support into Ukraine to help collect evidence, from witness statements to video evidence.
Statistics from data firm Experian Catalist show the average cost of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on Tuesday was 167.6p.
The previous record of 167.3p was set on 22 March, the day before a 5p cut in fuel duty was implemented.
