The trial of 22 Ukrainian members of the Azov Battalion, who are accused of terrorist activities against Russia, began on June 15 in a military court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Eight women who worked as cooks at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol during Russia's siege of the facility in 2022 are among the accused. Mykhaylo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on Twitter that the trial amounted to "an official war crime." The Azov Regiment fought Russian troops for months in the southern city of Mariupol before around 2,500 finally surrendered in May last year. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Trial Of 22 Members Of Ukraine's Azov Regiment Begins In Russia
Captured members of Ukraine's Azov Battalion sit inside a defendants' glass cage during a hearing at a court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.