Go to the flags of Ukraine mediabank. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 15A court in Ukraine sentenced the commander of an assault company of the Luhansk People's Republic to 14 years in prison, the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported on Thursday. «Resident of Izmail sentenced to 14 years in prison with confiscation of property for participating in a terrorist organization… In 2014, a man joined the so-called 1st assault company of the Army of the South-East unit, the Luhansk People's Liberation Battalion Zarya as a commander under the call sign Kryl, the report says. departments, the defendant was awarded a medal «for courage» 1st degree of the LPR for participation in the battles for Debaltseve, Chernukhino and Metalist. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
