Moscow says the Americans who fought for Ukraine are not regular soldiers who would be covered by the Geneva Conventions, calling their conduct criminal.
Tag: Prisoners of War
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Foreign Fighters in Ukraine Face Perils if Captured
Thousands of foreign fighters have gone to fight for Ukraine, but not all join its International Legion. Russia has maintained that some of foreign fighters it has captured are mercenaries.
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Russia Prosecuting 1,100 Captured Ukrainian Soldiers
Announcing the invasion in February, Vladimir Putin said Ukrainians would be prosecuted for “blood crimes.” Moscow is now making good on that vow.
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Russia Uses Surrender in Mariupol to Portray Ukrainians as Terrorists
Many soldiers who surrendered from Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant belong to the Azov battalion, a group with far-right roots, and the Kremlin may now put them on trial just as Ukraine is prosecuting Russians for war crimes.