A Russian court has sentenced a man to 13 years in prison on treason charges for attempting to enlist in the Ukrainian army, the FSB security service announced on Tuesday.
Since launching its full-scale military offensive against Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow has imprisoned dozens of Russians accused of collaborating with or supporting Kyiv’s military.
According to the FSB, Artem Konstantinov, born in 2000, contacted the Ukrainian army via the Telegram messaging app, where he “expressed his willingness to participate in combat actions on the territory of Ukraine against the Russian armed forces.”
A court in Murmansk, an Arctic region of Russia, convicted Konstantinov of treason and handed down a 13-year prison sentence, the FSB said in its statement.
AFP
