Russian courts have sentenced foreign mercenaries in absentia for fighting on the side of Ukrainian forces. Swede Mathias Gustafsson, Croatian Vjekoslav Prebeg, and Briton John Harding received 23 years in prison. Five citizens from the U.K., Sweden, and Croatia were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 3.5 to 23 years for fighting alongside Ukraine. Additionally, an American mercenary, Mark Ellerbook, was sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony for supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In Crimea, a man received a 12-year prison sentence for filming Russian military sites to aid Ukraine's armed forces.
A Russian court in the annexed peninsula of #Crimea sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for filming Russian military sites to help #Ukraine’s armed forces, Russian news agencies report. https://t.co/WV6YVi64yB
❗️Court in Donetsk in absentia sentenced American mercenary Mark Ellerbook to 14 years in penal colony. He fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian criminal court announced. https://t.co/H1EQMh5Ifz
"Hero of Russia" was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the murder of a girl The murderer has already stated that he is going to return to the front to avoid prison. The so-called LPR court sentenced to 11 years in prison, deputy commander of the 74th separate motorized rifle… https://t.co/NclfHRiyqc
⚡️ Russian court sentences 5 foreigners who fought for Ukraine to prison in absentia. A Russian court sentenced five citizens from the U.K., Sweden, and Croatia in absentia to prison terms ranging from 3.5 to 23 years on June 26 for fighting alongside Ukraine, the Russian…
A court in Russia has sentenced in absentia five British, Swedish and Croatian citizens who fought on the side of Ukraine to up to 23 years in prison British John Harding, Swede Matthias Gustavsson and Croatian Vekoslav Prebeg were found guilty of training for the purpose of… https://t.co/oJlMGAwGOS
A Russian court has sentenced in absentia a number of foreign mercenaries who fought on the side of the Ukrainian forces, the Prosecutor-General's Office has said. Swede Mathias Gustafsson, Croatian Vjekoslav Prebeg and Briton John Harding received 23 years in prison, while two… https://t.co/3HL8VW6igA