Russia’s 'Verdict' against Ukrainian POW a Cynical Farce

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Maxym Butkevych © 2021 Private Today, Russian authorities reported that Maxym Butkevych, an officer with Ukraine’s armed forces, confessed to having deliberately targeted and wounded civilians and was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment. The ruling was made by the so-called Supreme Court of the Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR), an area of Ukraine currently occupied by Russia. Butkevych was captured by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine in June 2022. Russian military investigators built the bogus case against Butkeyvich. Russian authorities published a video of him speaking…

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