A courtroom in Uzbekistan sentenced a 39-year-old man to 4 years and two months of restricted freedom for taking part in Russia's conflict towards Ukraine, gazeta.uz reported on Jan. 5.
The person traveled to Moscow in April 2023 looking for seasonal work and later joined the Russian Armed Forces, after present process army coaching for 2 months at a army base in Moscow.
He then fought in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts till December 2023, and admitted to killing ten Ukrainian troopers.
Based on his claims, he was promised a month-to-month fight wage of 450,000 rubles however solely obtained two funds of 150,000 rubles earlier than the funds stopped.
The defendant admitted to monetary hardship because the motivation for becoming a member of and voluntarily surrendered upon returning to Uzbekistan.
The courtroom took under consideration his request for forgiveness, regret, and clear felony document when figuring out the sentence.
In Uzbekistan, mercenary actions are punishable by as much as 10 years, and one other related case just lately resulted in a five-year jail sentence.
At first of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Uzbekistan declared that it didn’t acknowledge the proxy authorities in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and supported Ukraine's territorial integrity.
Nevertheless, Tashkent continues to actively commerce with Moscow, and the Uzbek authorities maintains shut ties with the Russian management.
The Kyiv IndependentOlena Goncharova