Trump Administration Withdraws U.S. from Ukraine War Crimes Investigation Group

The decision ends U.S. participation in The Hague-based effort to hold Russia accountable for the 2022 Ukraine invasion.

The U.S. Justice Department has informed European officials of its withdrawal from the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA).
The ICPA was established to investigate and hold Russian leaders, including Vladimir Putin, and their allies accountable for crimes of aggression under international law.
This move reverses the Biden administration's 2023 decision to join the group, which made the U.S. the only non-European nation to participate.
The Trump administration is also scaling back the War Crimes Accountability Team (WarCAT), which previously supported Ukraine's investigations into over 150,000 alleged war crimes by Russian forces.
The withdrawal comes as President Trump has publicly criticized Ukraine's leadership and called for a ceasefire, while tensions between the U.S. and Ukraine's President Zelenskyy have grown.