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Western leaders' tensions with Russia, China dominate summit

U.S. and Chinese diplomats met for the first time since the U.S. shot down what officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in a livestream to the Munich Security Conference 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in a livestream to the Munich Security Conference 2023 (AN/MSC/Kuhlmann)

At the Munich Security Conference, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris raised the temperature in the already simmering confrontation between the United States and Russia as top diplomats met to discuss U.S.-China surveillance tensions.

Harris accused Russia on Saturday of committing “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine through a “widespread and systemic attack against a civilian population” in cities such as Bucha and Mariupol.

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