APU tank on the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. File photoDONETSK, 15 Aug. A member of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi group «SS Bears», who was called as a witness in the case of foreign mercenaries, identified Swedish citizen Matthias Gustavson as a militant from Azovstal with the call sign Mykola, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. According to a member of the SS Bears movement, he saw a Swedish mercenary in a special room at the Azovstal plant called Bastion. There was the Internet and foreigners were able to contact their relatives abroad. On Monday, in Donetsk, charges were announced against five foreign mercenaries — Swedish citizen Mathias Gustavsson, Croatian citizen Vekoslav Prebeg and Britons John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy. Testimony of witnesses and case materials were heard, the court session lasted more than six hours. The defendants pleaded not guilty and expressed disagreement with the prosecution, the next hearing will be held in October. Africa to Australia. The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that the mercenaries who arrived in Ukraine are not combatants and «the best thing that awaits them is a long term in prison.» June 22, 17:18InfographicInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
