Russian sentenced to 13 years for trying to join Ukraine army

By AFP

18 February 2025 | 10:25 am

A Russian court sentenced a man to 13 years in jail on treason charges for reaching out to a recruiter for the Ukrainian army, the FSB security service said Tuesday. Moscow has jailed dozens of Russians for allegedly collaborating with or supporting Kyiv's military since Russia launched its full-scale military offensive in February 2022. The…

A Ukrainian servicemen of the Azov Brigade loads a magazine during a military training exercise in the eastern Donetsk region, on February 3, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Azov Battalion became a household name in Ukraine weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 for its last-ditch defence of the southern city of Mariupol. It held out in bunkers beneath the city’s sprawling metal works before surrendering to the Russian forces that had laid a brutal siege to the city, with most of the Azov fighters captured in the siege still in captivity. Since Mariupol, it is one of Ukraine’s most celebrated and respected units, deployed to turn the tide of events in the most difficult areas of the front line. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP)

A Russian court sentenced a man to 13 years in jail on treason charges for reaching out to a recruiter for the Ukrainian army, the FSB security service said Tuesday.

Moscow has jailed dozens of Russians for allegedly collaborating with or supporting Kyiv’s military since Russia launched its full-scale military offensive in February 2022.

The FSB said a man named Artem Konstantinov, born in 2000, contacted the Ukrainian army on the Telegram messaging app “and expressed his willingness to participate in combat actions on the territory of Ukraine against the Russian armed forces”.

A court in the Arctic region of Murmansk sentenced him to 13 years in prison for treason, the FSB said in a statement Tuesday.

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