US in Munich accuses Russia of crimes against humanity

The Joe Biden administration has officially concluded that Russia has committed crimes against humanity during its nearly one-year invasion of Ukraine, said US Vice President Kamala Harris.

“In the case of Russia's actions in Ukraine, we have examined the evidence, we know legal standards and there is no doubt that these are crimes against humanity,” said Harris in the prepared speech given in a speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

And I tell all those who committed these crimes and their superiors who are accomplices in those crimes, you will be held responsible”.

The official decision, which came at the end of an actual and legal analysis led by the US State Department, does not bring immediate consequences for the war, reports The Guardian, broadcast Klankosova.tv.

But Washington hopes it can help further isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin and promote legal efforts to hold members of his government responsible through international courts and sanctions.

Harris' speech came as senior Western leaders met in Munich to assess Europe's worst conflict since World War II.

She said Russia was a weakened “country since Joe Biden led a coalition to punish Putin for the invasion, but Russia is intensifying the attacks east of Ukraine.

Ukraine is planning a spring counteroffensive, which it is demanding more weapons, heavier and longer-range from its Western allies.