The Ministry of Justice informed European officials to withdraw the United States from the multinational groups created to investigate the leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir V. Putin from Russia, reports in a letter sent to the members of the organization on Monday.

Decision to withdraw from the International Center for Process of Crime Aggression against Ukraine, joined by the Administration of Biden 2023The latest indication is that Trump’s administration moves away from the consecration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr. -And that Mr. Putin holds personally responsible for the crimes committed against the Ukrainians.

The group was created to hold the leadership of Russia, along with its allies in Belarus, North Korea and Iran, responsible for the category of crime – defined as aggression According to international law and contracts that violates the sovereignty of another country and has not been launched in self -defense.

“The US authorities have informed me that they will conclude their involvement in the ICP” by the end of March, Michael Schmid, president of the parent organization of the Group, the Criminal Justice Cooperation Agency, better known as the Eurojust, wrote in an internal letter received by the New York Times.

The group remains a “fully dedicated” posture “responsible for basic international crimes” in Ukraine, he added.

The United States was the only country outside Europe to send a higher prosecutor to The Hague to work with investigators from Ukraine, Baltic states, Poland, Romania and the International Criminal Court.

The department spokesman did not immediately respond to the comment request on Sunday night.

Trump’s administration also reduces the job done by the department Team of responsibilities for war crimesHe created in 2022 by the Attorney General at the time, Merrick B. Garland and the staff of experienced prosecutors. It is intended to coordinate the efforts of the Ministry of Justice to make the Russians responsible for the crimes committed after full invasion three years ago.

“There is no hiding place for war criminals,” Mr. Garland said, announcing the organization of the unit.

The department, he added, “will continue every time of responsibility for those who commit war crimes and other crimes in Ukraine.”

During the Administration of Biden, a team known as Warcat, focused on an important side role: Providing Ukrainian overloaded plaintiffs and the implementation of the law with logistical assistance, training and direct assistance in submitting war crimes charges committed by the Russians in the courts of Ukraine.

The team brought one significant case. In December 2023. US prosecutors used the war crimes statute for the first time since it was brought almost three decades ago Charge four Russian soldiers In the absence of the torture of an American who lived in the Kherson region of Ukraine.

In recent comments, President Trump approached Mr. Putin as he clashes with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky – goes so far from that falsely suggests This Ukraine played a role in causing a brutal and illegal military invasion of Russia.

“You should never start it,” Mr. Trump in Februaryinvoking the leaders of Ukraine. “You could have made an agreement.” Followed in a post on Social mediacalling Mr. Zelensky “a dictator without choice” and saying that he “did a terrible job” in power.

Trump’s administration did not give a reason to withdraw from the investigating group, except for the same explanation for other staff and policy moves: the need to remodel resources, to people who were familiar with the situation, who spoke about the state of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk publicly about the moves.