The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a former militant of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in Vinnytsia Oblast, seeking to flee to unrecognised Transnistria [an unrecognised breakaway Russian-backed state internationally considered to be part of Moldova - ed.
A court in Kyiv has sentenced two more citizens of Ukraine - soldiers of the so-called "Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics" who fought against the Armed Forces of Ukraine - to 15 years in prison. Source: Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office Details: The Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv found the men guilty of committing the crimes charged and sentenced them to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, imprisoned by the Russian authorities, has claimed that the arrest of Igor Girkin, a former FSB officer and leader of the Russian-backed "Donetsk People's Republic" terrorists, also known by his nom de guerre Igor Strelkov, is illegal, adding that Strelkov is a political prisoner.