'Specifically, we have credible information that indicates Russian forces are creating lists of identified Ukrainians to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation...'
Ambassador Bathsheba Nell Crocker, the U.S. representative to the European office of the United Nations, made the acknowledgment in a letter sent to Michelle Bachelet, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, which was obtained and published by the New York Times, though Foreign Policy first reported it on Friday.
Should that meeting take place, there’s a chance Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin could hold their own dialogue. The White House announced on Sunday night that Biden would be open to such a conversation after the two officials meet, though a Kremlin spokesperson later said such an announcement was “premature.”
The administration has repeatedly issued warnings about a possible invasion for weeks, though the warnings have reached seemingly new heights daily. The administration has said it is prepared for an invasion or prepared to put a greater emphasis on diplomacy if Russia desires. In preparation, Biden has deployed roughly 6,000 troops to Eastern European allies, not Ukraine, though they would not enter Ukraine to fight Russians. They could, however, help Americans fleeing Ukraine, who have been instructed to leave already, once they get to a neighboring country.
Late last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation is “under control” and that he hadn’t seen “any grounds for statements about a full-scale offensive,” while the Biden administration was saying that Russia could launch a"false flag operation" to garner the supposed pretext for an invasion that could occur “at any point.”
The Biden administration has warned that the sanctions would be crippling, though various attempts at bipartisan legislation have fallen apart over the question of preemptive or reactionary sanctions. Many GOP members argue that the sanctions should be placed on Russian officials and entities before an invasion, while Democrats and the administration have argued that doing so would reduce their leverage.
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