Halya Coynash: Tortured Ukrainian ‘sentenced’ by Kremlin-backed militants to 30 years
Yevhen Chudnetsov, a Ukrainian volunteer fighter from Makiyivka who is on Ukraine's list for exchange has been 'sentenced' to 30 years in the so-called 'Donetsk people's republic' [DNR].
A Ukrainian volunteer fighter from Makiyivka who is on Ukraine's list for exchange has been 'sentenced' to 30 years in the so-called 'Donetsk people's republic' [DNR]. The Kremlin-backed militants have 'convicted' Yevhen Chudnetsov of "an attempt to violently seize power on the republic's territory". This comes around 14 months after Chudnetsov was captured and tortured into 'confessing' for Russian television.