The Biden administration has formally concluded that Russia committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine, according to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who told a security conference on Saturday that evidence examined by the U.S. State Department leaves “no doubt” that Russian forces have carried out atrocities.
Harris made the remarks on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, where she listed a series of acts allegedly committed by the Russian military in its nearly yearlong 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. She also cited “execution-style killings, beatings, and electrocution.”…