War Escalation: US Formally Determines Russia Has Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine

• US Formally Determines Russia Has Committed Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine
  by JARED GANS, https://thehill.com/
  Vice President Harris said the United States has formally determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity during its war in Ukraine, vowing that it will be held accountable for its actions.
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  Harris said during a speech at the annual Munich Security Conference on Saturday that the world has witnessed Russian forces engaged in “horrendous atrocities and war crimes.” She said Russian soldiers have conducted a widespread attack against Ukrainian civilians, which has included “gruesome acts” of murder, torture, rape and deportation. 
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  “The United States has formally determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity, and 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,” Harris said.
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  The United Nations defines a crime against humanity as one or more of several acts that are part of a widespread or systematic attack on a civilian population with prior knowledge of the attack. The acts include murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, enforced disappearance and apartheid. 
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