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Julian Borger in Washington

US begins sharing Russian war-crimes evidence with Hague court

Joe Biden at the Nato summit in Vilnius earlier this month.
Joe Biden at the Nato summit in Vilnius earlier this month. Photograph: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

The Biden administration has said it has begun sharing evidence with the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague on war crimes committed in Ukraine.

The announcement ends a months-long dispute within the administration over the issue, in which the national security council (NSC) and the state department backed cooperation with the ICC, with the Pentagon resisting on the grounds it would imply endorsement of an international court that could one day seek to prosecute US soldiers.

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