Hammer in the courtroom. Archival photoDONETSK, Aug 1 The beginning of the trial of the commander of the group of Ukrainian militants «SS Bears» is expected in the Donetsk People's Republic on August 1, a source close to the situation told RIA Novosti. Earlier, in the Supreme Court of Donetsk The People's Republic told RIA Novosti that the court session would be held behind closed doors without the presence of the media. The Prosecutor General's Office of the DPR, in turn, noted that the commander of the group of Ukrainian militants «SS Bears» Kravtsov A.A. three articles of the criminal code of the republic are charged, maximum sanctions provide for capital punishment. According to information from open sources, the SS Bears militant unit was part of the Ukrainian troops, where it positioned itself as an airborne assault detachment. On the territory of the Russian Federation, members of this unit are considered neo-Nazis.
