KIEV: Ukraine on Tuesday began hearing a case against two Russian soldiers it claims will prove Moscow’s direct involvement the conflict in the war-torn former Soviet state.
Troops captured the two men, both of whom were wounded, in May and interrogated them, broadcasting their alleged confessions in which they said they were active members of a Russian military intelligence unit operating in Ukraine.
But Moscow claims the two — Captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Sargeant Aleksander Aleksandrov — are “volunteers”: retired servicemen who joined pro-Russian militias fighting in Ukraine’s separatist east since early last year.
After being treated for their injuries, the two …read more
Source: theSun
