Employees of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations clear rubble near destroyed houses in MariupolMOSCOW, April 17 Arriving in Ukraine mercenaries are not combatants, the best thing that awaits them is a long prison term, said Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov. «They came to Ukraine to earn money by killing Slavs. Therefore, the best thing that awaits them is criminal liability and long prison imprisonment,» the general emphasized. . President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops.
