President Joe Biden has decided to allow the US to cooperate with the International Criminal Courts investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine . The decision comes after months of internal debate and marks a historic shift as it would be the first time the US has agreed to share evidence with the court as part of a criminal probe into a country that is not a member of the ICC . Neither the US nor Russia are members of the court . What information the US shares will ultimately depend on what the ICC prosecutor requests for the investigations the source explained . A National Security Council spokesperson would not comment directly on the decision but said in a statement that Biden has been clear there needs to be accountability for the perpetrators and enablers of war crimes . The New York Times first reported on Bidens order to share information with the ICC in the past month . The Pentagon was the most concerned about cooperating with the Court officials said and worried that doing so might set a precedent for the ICC to investigate alleged war crimes carried out by Americans in Iraq in its own Iraq war crimes against the United States in the Ukraine region . The NSC has not commented directly on its own statement on the issue of the decision to cooperate in response to Biden’s decision to the report . The report was first reported by the New York York Times. The report. The New New YorkTimes first reported in the report. In the report: The report, however, was published by the report, published by The New England Times. It is published by New York State. It was published October 30. The article, published in the New England. The publication. The Washington Post. The Daily Daily Daily News. For more details, please click here. For further information, please contact The Washington Daily News, please visit