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In Ukraine, a military prisoner, sitting on a chair, is guarded by a soldier in the background, in what looks like an interrogation room.
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Ukraine: a two-time deserter convicted of high treason

A native of Donetsk region who was mobilized twice and deserted twice, first from the army of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and then from the Ukrainian army, repented in front of the Kostopil district court in the Rivne region, northwestern Ukraine. But the court sentenced him to 12 years of prison for desertion […]
By Vladyslava Kobko (in Rivne, Ukraine / Free Radio)
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