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Carrie Johnson

Garland supports effort to hold Russia accountable for war crimes

Attorney General Merrick Garland attends the United for Justice International Conference in Lviv, Ukraine on Friday. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

LVIV, Ukraine — Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged to "stand shoulder to shoulder" with war crimes prosecutors in Ukraine and said U.S. investigators had already "zeroed in" on what they say are specific crimes allegedly committed by Russian forces in an unannounced visit to a country at war.

Garland met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and signed an agreement to promote information sharing about Russian atrocities that have targeted maternity hospitals, schools, and other civilian dwellings since the start of the unprovoked conflict one year ago.

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