MADRID, June 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Russian authorities revealed this Friday that they had charged nearly a hundred foreigners who allegedly fought in Ukraine as “mercenaries”, in the framework of the invasion launched in February 2022 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian Investigative Committee has indicated in a message on its Telegram account that “as part of its investigation into the criminal activities of foreign nationals fighting on the side of Ukraine, 95 people have been charged in absentia as mercenaries.” “Among them were citizens of the United States, France, Britain, Belgium, Israel and Latvia,” he said, without giving further details.
Similarly, it has been highlighted that charges have been filed against the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ruslam Jomchak, whose “criminal acts” have left “tens of civilians, including children, dead or injured and that civilian infrastructure has been damaged”.
The vice president of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), Vasily Krutov, was also charged for his role “responsible for operations in southeastern Ukraine between April and July 2014”, when the conflict was contained. in the Donbas region ( east).
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