Alleged Russian soldiers Yevgeny Yerofeyev (L) and Alexander Alexandrov (R) stand in a cage during a hearing in the Holosiivskyi district court. According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov, believed to be Russian, were captured not far from pro-Russian rebel controlled territory near the town of Schastye, Luhansk area on 16 May. Moscow has insisted that the prisoners were former soldiers who were in Ukraine of their own accord. Kiev alleges that they are Russian troops sent to fight in the pro-Russian separatist rebellion that has gripped the


Alleged Russian soldiers Yevgeny Yerofeyev (L) and Alexander Alexandrov (R) stand in a cage during a hearing in the Holosiivskyi district court. According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov, believed to be Russian, were captured not far from pro-Russian rebel controlled territory near the town of Schastye, Luhansk area on 16 May. Moscow has insisted that the prisoners were former soldiers who were in Ukraine of their own accord. Kiev alleges that they are Russian troops sent to fight in the pro-Russian separatist rebellion that has gripped the country's two eastern-most regions for more than a year. (Photo by Vasyl Shevchenko / Pacific Press)


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