Two Americans captured in Ukraine while fighting with Kiev’s military were “endangering” Russian soldiers and should be “held accountable for those crimes,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in an interview released by NBC News on Monday.
Two Americans who fought for Ukraine before being captured by Russia will not be granted the protections afforded to prisoners of war by the Geneva Conventions, the Kremlin s top spokesman said.
WASHINGTON (AP) The State Department is confirming the death of a U.S. citizen in Ukraine who is believed to be only the second American to have been killed in the conflict there .
The United States on Tuesday confirmed that a second American was killed fighting for Ukraine, as it warned of risks amid worries over two other US citizens captured battling Russia.
White House security spokesman Adm. John Kirby on Tuesday called it appalling for the Kremlin to suggest that two US citizens captured while fighting for Ukraine could get the death penalty.