US Formally Determines Russia Committed ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ in Ukraine

The Biden administration has formally concluded that Russia committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine, according to Vice President Kamala Harris, who told a security conference on Feb. 18 that evidence examined by the U.S. State Department leaves “no doubt” that Russian forces have carried out atrocities.
Harris made the remarks on Feb. 18 at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, where she listed a series of acts allegedly committed by the Russian military in its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine that Moscow calls a “special military operation.”
“Russian forces have pursued a widespread and systemic attack against a civilian population—gruesome acts of murder, torture, rape, and deportation,” Harris said, also alleging Russian forces engaged in “execution-style killings, beatings, and electrocution.”…}