The US has formally determined that Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris says. Follow live updates.
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, February 18.
Harris laid bare some of what could be used as evidence of Russia’s alleged crimes against humanity. She outlined specific instances that have peppered news clips and official reports from the United Nations. “Russian forces have pursued a widespread and systemic attack against a civilian population -- gruesome acts of murder, torture, rape, and deportation. Execution-style killings, beating, and electrocution,” she added. “Russian authorities, have forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of people, from Ukraine to Russia, including children. They have cruelly separated children from their families.”
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