The so-called “supreme court” of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk has sentenced Georgian fighter Mirza Vanadze to 14 years in a “maximum-security penal colony” in absentia for fighting on Ukraine’s side “as a mercenary,” Russia’s state media reported on June 17. Citing Russia’s investigative committee, RIA Novosti said that Vanadze arrived in Ukraine in 2022, joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces, received firearms and equipment, and…
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