Four months after the attack on Ukraine, Russia says relations with the West have been damaged for a long time. “Yes, it will be a long crisis,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with US television channel MSNBC that aired Tuesday night. “We will never trust the West again.”
Since the start of the war against Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly made accusations against Western states, for example because of military support for the country under attack. Peskov also commented on the case of the two US soldiers who fought in the Ukrainian army and were recently captured by troops loyal to Moscow.
These are mercenaries and therefore do not fall under the protection of the Geneva Convention, according to Peskow.
Prisoners risk the death penalty
The Kremlin spokesman did not say whether the two men were captured by Russian soldiers or by pro-Russian separatists. This is also relevant because the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics have introduced the death penalty, while Russia has suspended it.
Peskow: “Can’t guarantee anything”
Asked if he could guarantee that the two American citizens would not suffer the same fate as three foreigners recently sentenced to death in Donetsk, Peskov said: “I can’t guarantee anything. That depends on the investigation.”
Ukraine and the United Nations had strongly criticized the separatists’ handling of the two Britons and the Moroccan. The UN Human Rights Office in Geneva spoke about prisoners of war who were entitled to protection.
Source: Krone
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