It is the first time that the United States has formally designated Russia's actions in Ukraine as crimes against humanity.
US VICE PRESIDENT Kamala Harris accused Russia of committing “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine and Russian forces of conducting “widespread and systemic” attacks on the country’s civilian population.
It is the first time that the United States has formally designated Russia’s actions in Ukraine as crimes against humanity. “I say to all those who have perpetrated these crimes and to their superiors who are complicit in these crimes you will be held to account… Justice must be served,” said Harris, a former prosecutor.
“We must give Ukraine what they need to win and prevail as a sovereign, independent nation in Europe,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. Opening the conference yesterday via video link, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged allies to speed up their efforts.
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