MOSCOW, June 21 Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov did not rule out the possibility of imposing the death penalty as a punishment for captured American mercenaries captured in Ukraine, but this should be decided by the court. It was previously reported that the Russian military captured two former American army soldiers during the battle near Kharkov. They turned out to be 39-year-old Alexander Dryuke, who served in Iraq, and 27-year-old Andy Hyun. Peskov, in response to a question from journalists about the possibility of the death penalty for captured American mercenaries. He could not clarify information about the current whereabouts of American prisoners. «No, I cannot clarify, I do not have information about their whereabouts, we are talking about mercenaries who threatened lives and encroached on the lives of our servicemen, and not only our servicemen, but also the DPR and LPR, respectively, they are accused of this — of mercenarism, the Geneva Convention cannot and does not apply to them in any way, their crimes must be investigated, and they should be brought to justice,» Peskov said. tion, said Peskov
