U.S. to withdraw from group investigating Russia’s war crimes against Ukraine, EU confirms

Sky News confirmed the information about the U.S. withdrawal.

"Eurojust has been informed by the US authorities that they will no longer continue their involvement in the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA). The ICPA hosted by Eurojust continues its work in support of the national investigations into the crime of aggression related to the war in Ukraine," European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation said in a statement.

Earlier, The New York Times reported this information, citing sources.

The international group was created to hold the leadership of Russia and its allies from Belarus, Iran, and North Korea accountable for crimes classified as aggression under international law.

According to the outlet sources, it is expected that Washington will inform the members of the group and the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) about its withdrawal from the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine via email.

At the same time, sources add that the administration of President Donald Trump did not specify the reasons for this decision, other than the same explanation for other staffing and political decisions - the need to redistribute resources.

The U.S. is the only non-European country cooperating with the group. Washington joined in 2023 under President Joe Biden and sent its senior prosecutor to The Hague to work with investigators from Ukraine, Romania, and the Baltic States.

• On March 7, the United States announced its withdrawal from the board of the UN fund created to support poor and vulnerable countries facing the consequences of climate change.