Vice President Harris said the U.S. has determined Russia committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine and spoke of the need to stand up to authoritarian nations using 'brute force.'
An apartment building destroyed by a Russian military strike is shown in the town of Borodianka, heavily damaged during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 16, 2023.during a speech in Munich in which she spoke of the need to stand up to authoritarian nations using "brute force."
Vice President Kamala Harris and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shake hands at their bilateral meeting at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on Feb. 17, 2023."No nation is safe in a world where one country can violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another where crimes against humanity are committed with impunity, where a country with imperialist ambitions can go unchecked," Harris said.
"We have remained strong and we must stay strong. Because if Putin were to succeed, with his attack on these fundamental principles other nations could feel emboldened to follow his violent example. Other authoritarian powers could seek to bend the world to their will through coercion, disinformation, and even brute force. The international order upon which we all rely could be at risk," she later added.
"Looking ahead, any steps by China to provide lethal support to Russia would only reward aggression, continue the killing and further undermine a rules-based order," Harris warned.Harris praised the bipartisan members of Congress present at the conference, noting her confidence that "their support for Ukraine would continue."
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