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The U.S. warns that Russia has a 'kill list' of Ukrainians to be detained or killed

If Russia invades, "there will be an even greater form of brutality because this will not simply be some conventional war between two armies," President Biden's national security adviser says.
People walk past anti-tank barriers in the town of Avdiivka, on the eastern Ukraine front-line with Russia-backed separatists. The Ukrainian government said separatists have sharply increased their shelling attacks in the eastern part of the country.
Updated February 21, 2022 at 11:24 AM ET

The U.S. has sent a letter to the U.N. warning that Russia has created a "kill list" of Ukrainians to be attacked or detained if it invades the country, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. He said it's a sign of how brutal and violent events could become if Russia invades Ukraine.

The U.S. has intelligence that suggests "there will be an even greater form of brutality because this will not simply be some conventional war between two armies," Sullivan said on the NBC's Today show on Monday morning.

"It will be a war waged by Russia on the

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