Date uploaded: 2022-06-21 15:22:35
Two American veterans who were captured earlier this month by Russian-backed separatist forces in a battle near Kharkiv may face the death penalty, Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned.
Peskov told NBC News the fates of Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, and Alexander Drueke, 39, will be decided by a Russian court.
They were "involved in illegal activities ...(and) should be punished," he said, adding that they weren’t likely to be protected by Geneva Conventions afforded prisoners of war because they weren’t part of Ukraine’s regular army.
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