European Union chief Charles Michel has pledged further sanctions on Moscow as he condemned alleged atrocities carried out by Russian forces outside Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

In a tweet, he stated this.

Meanwhile, Germany's vice chancellor and economy minister Robert Habeck has accused Russian forces for committing war crime in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and called for fresh EU sanctions against Russia.

Talking to press, he said that this war crime cannot go unanswered.