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As President Donald Trump’s administration aims to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, a European Union official asserted that Russia must face accountability for its “crimes,” according to a report.

European Commissioner for democracy, justice, the rule of law and consumer protection, Michael McGrath warned against allowing “impunity,” opining that it “would be a historic mistake of huge proportions.”

“I don’t think history will judge kindly any effort to wipe the slate clean for Russian crimes in Ukraine,” McGrath said, according to Politico. “They must be held accountable for those crimes and that will be the approach of the European Union in all of these discussions.

“Were we to do so, to allow for impunity for those crimes, we

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