MOSCOW — Two Russian special forces soldiers captured in eastern Ukraine will be prosecuted for “terrorist crimes” committed during a mission of sabotage that killed a government soldier, Ukraine’s State Security Service chief said Monday.
The capture of the two wounded men, one of whom is shown confessing in a video posted by a Ukrainian lawmaker, has delivered fresh proof to the embattled government in Kiev that Russian forces are providing arms and backing to the separatist rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
The interception of the Russians coincided with reinvigorated U.S.-Russian diplomacy after Secretary of State John Kerry’s meeting last week with Russian …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
