Vice President Harris said the U.S. has formally determined that Russia's actions in Ukraine constitute war crimes and demanded that perpetrators be held accountable by the international community.
"We reserve crimes against humanity determinations for the most egregious crimes," he said."Today's determination underlines staggering extent of the human suffering inflicted by Moscow on the Ukrainian civilian population. This determination also reflects the deep commitment of the United States to holding members of Russia's forces and other Russian officials accountable for their atrocities against the people of Ukraine.
Ukraine is not a state party to treaty that established the International Criminal Court . But the country has exercised its rights to accept the court's jurisdiction over alleged war crimes occurring within its borders. On Feb.
for talks this weekend in Munich. This will be the highest level of contact between the U.S. and China since the security balloon incident. The relationship between China and the U.S. has been fraught since the Feb. 4 shootdown of what the Biden administration maintains was a Chinese surveillance balloon that made its way across the continental U.S.
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