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U.S. to eliminate conflict response, war crimes investigation programs

Proposed targets include cutting efforts key to International Criminal Court cases from Russia's war in Ukraine.

Rescuers and firefighters help Ukrainian civilians and extinguish the fire at a residential building destroyed in an attack with Russian missiles in early 2024.
Rescuers and firefighters help Ukrainian civilians and extinguish the fire at a residential building destroyed in an attack with Russian missiles in early 2024. (AN/Dmytro Tolokonov/Unsplash)

WASHINGTON (AN) —  The U.S. State Department has announced a major reorganization plan that would eliminate its ability to document alleged war crimes in Ukraine and Russia.

Among the targets is a program critical to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Russians suspected of attacking Ukraine’s power infrastructure and to a bureau that has been involved in addressing conflicts globally and supporting war crimes investigations.

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