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US: Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine

A man walks past a billboard with a portrait of a Russian soldier, a participant of the action in Ukraine and the words 'The victory will be ours!' and a tank mockup made from boxes, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) A Ukrainian soldier on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) Children walk uphill to ride down on snow plates during snowfall in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Donetsk region eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Ukrainian soldiers carry the body of Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, from left, stand together during their meeting at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba meets with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) People take part in protest rallies on the Ukraine war at the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP) A Ukrainian soldier stands near an effigy on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) A Ukrainian soldier looks out of a self-propelled artillery vehicle on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) A woman kneels as the funeral procession with the body of Kostiantyn, 35, passes by during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) People wait to receive bread and hot meals from a humanitarian organization in the Saltivka neighborhood of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, an area badly damaged by Russian shelling where most buildings are without electricity or water. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Western allies Friday to quicken their military support for Ukraine, warning at a major international security conference that delays would play into Russia's hand as the invasion approaches its first anniversary. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) Tymofii, 5, sits next to the body of his father Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Tymofii, 5, cries with his mother Alla, next to the body of his father Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, right, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walk together at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Vize President of the United States Kamala Harris arrives for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, Pool) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, from left, stand together during their meeting at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) Tymofii, 5, sits next to the body of his father Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Ukrainian soldiers carry the body of Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, background left, arrive to attend a panel discussion with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba meets with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, right, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walk together at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A Ukrainian soldier stands near an effigy on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) A Ukrainian soldier looks out of a self-propelled artillery vehicle on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) Tymofii, 5, cries with his mother Alla, next to the body of his father Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin, from left, stand together during their meeting at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) Tymofii, 5, sits next to the body of his father Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Ukrainian soldiers carry the body of Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, background left, arrive to attend a panel discussion with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba meets with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, right, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walk together at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) A Ukrainian soldier stands near an effigy on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) A Ukrainian soldier looks out of a self-propelled artillery vehicle on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) Tymofii, 5, cries with his mother Alla, next to the body of his father Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP) Tymofii, 5, sits next to the body of his father Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Ukrainian soldiers carry the body of Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, background left, arrive to attend a panel discussion with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) A Ukrainian soldier stands near an effigy on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) A Ukrainian soldier looks out of a self-propelled artillery vehicle on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) Tymofii, 5, cries with his mother Alla, next to the body of his father Kostiantyn, 35, during his funeral in Borova, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Kostiantyn Kostiuk, a civilian who was a volunteer in the armed forces of Ukraine, was wounded during a battle against Russians on Jan. 23rd near Bakhmut and finally died on Feb. 10th in a hospital. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A self-propelled artillery vehicle fires on the frontline, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos) US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP) US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) takes place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP) United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits down for a Meeting of the Transatlantic Quad with the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool) Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 17 to Feb. 19, 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
US: Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine