The United States is withdrawing from an international effort to investigate Russian leaders for crimes of aggression against Ukraine, signaling a shift in foreign policy under President Donald Trump. The decision, set to be formally announced in an email to European officials, diverges from the approach taken by President Joe Biden, who had joined the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine in 2023. In addition to pulling back from the initiative, the Trump administration is scaling down the role of the U.S. Justice Department’s War Crimes Accountability Team, raising concerns about the future of prosecutions for atrocities committed by Russian military personnel in Ukraine.
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