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Full court hearing over captured alleged Russian soldiers starts in Kiev

Tuesday, 10 November 2015 11:16 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 10 November 2015 11:12 PM ]

A court in Ukraine started hearing the case of two Russian nationals captured in fighting in the east.

Lena Savchuk
Press TV, Kiev

A court in Ukraine has started hearing the case of two Russian nationals captured during fighting in the east. The prosecutors demand life sentence for the captives, saying they were plain-clothes soldiers tasked with carrying out sabotage activities in Donetsk. The defendants, however, argue they were off-duty servicemen acting as volunteer forces in the conflict region. Our Kiev correspondent Lena Savchuk has a report on their first trial session.

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