MOSCOW, July 4 British soldier Alexander Garms-Rizzi imprisoned to prison for leaving his duty station and going to fight in Ukraine, writes The Mirror.
According to the publication, the court noted that the man's actions could provoke a war between Russia and Great Britain. The military tribunal learned that, while acting as a shooter alongside the Ukrainian militia, the 21-year-old man violated orders, created a security risk, and if he were captured, «the potential harm would be difficult to downplay,» the article says.< /p>
The soldier was a member of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers stationed in Estonia. Garms-Rizzi left the unit without permission and wrote to his colleagues that he was going to go to Ukraine and take part in the conflict on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. . According to him, the order for the Royal Welsh Regiment was clear — to protect the British state from being drawn into the conflict. It was forbidden to go to Ukraine without permission, the judge stressed.