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The Biden administration has stated that Russia committed "crimes against humanity" during the war against Ukraine.
The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, warned at the Munich Security Conference that "everyone who committed these crimes, and their superiors who are complicit in these crimes - you will pay the bill."
The vice president also called, "In the name of all the victims, known and unknown alike - justice must be served."
The official determination, which came at the end of a legal analysis led by the US State Department, does not carry with it immediate consequences for the war, which has been going on for about a year.
However, Washington hopes that it will help isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin from his accomplices, and advance legal proceedings against him and members of his government, through the international courts and the imposition of extensive sanctions.
The definition of "crimes against humanity" implies the continuous, widespread and systematic use of murder, rape, torture and threatened deportation by Russia during the war.
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"Justice must be served."
Harris, today (Photo: Reuters, Wolfgang Rattay)
Harris, speaking during a meeting of world leaders in Munich, estimated that Russia is a "weakened" country, but continues to increase attacks in eastern Ukraine.
Meanwhile, a counter-attack is being planned in Kiev, for which President Volodymyr Zelensky is asking for additional, long-range weapons from the Western countries.
Organizations supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have documented more than 30,000 incidents of war crimes since the invasion, according to the Biden administration.
In her words, Harris mentioned "barbaric and inhumane" cases, according to her, such as the bodies found after the massacre in Bocha, the bombing of the maternity hospital and the sexual assault of a four-year-old boy by a Russian soldier, as written in the UN report.
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