The official determination carries no immediate consequences for the ongoing war. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MUNICH - The Biden administration formally concluded that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” during its nearly year-long invasion of Ukraine, US Vice-President Kamala Harris said on Saturday.
The official determination, which came at the end of a legal and factual analysis led by the US State Department, carries with it no immediate consequences for the ongoing war. She said Russia was now a “weakened” country after Mr Biden led a coalition to punish Mr Putin for the invasion, but Russia is only intensifying assaults in Ukraine’s east. Meanwhile, Ukraine is planning a spring counter-offensive, for which it is seeking more, heavier and longer-range weapons from its Western allies.
The UN-backed Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine has not yet concluded that the war crimes it says it has identified amount to crimes against humanity. 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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