US vice-president points to massacre of civilians in Mariupol and mass deportations of Ukrainian children, among other ‘gruesome acts’
US Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 18 2023. Picture: WOLFGANG RATTAY/REUTERS
“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’s speech comes as senior Western leaders met in Munich to assess Europe's worst conflict since World War 2. The nearly year-long war has killed tens of thousands, uprooted millions from their homes, pummelled the global economy and made Putin a pariah in the West.
Organisations supported by the US Agency for International Development have documented more than 30,000 war crimes incidents since the invasion, according to the US government. Ukrainian officials said they were investigating the shelling of the city of Bakhmut just this week as a possible war crime.
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