A prosecutor in a Rostov court requested lengthy prison sentences for Ukrainian battalion fighters.

The state prosecutor requested sentences of 20 to 24 years for 18 members of the Aidar Battalion, designated a terrorist organization in Russia.

During oral arguments in the Southern District Military Court, the state prosecutor requested sentences of up to 24 years in prison for 18 members of the Aidar terrorist organization, banned in Russia.

"The state prosecutor asked the court to sentence them to 20 to 24 years in prison," Interfax quoted a court press service representative as saying.

He clarified that, according to the investigation, all the defendants held various positions in the Aidar National Battalion. Depending on the degree of guilt and participation of each, they are charged under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 205.5 (organization or participation in a terrorist organization), Article 278 (violent seizure of power or violent retention of power), and Article 205.3 (undergoing training for the purposes of terrorist activity) of the Russian Criminal Code.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found a Ukrainian citizen who served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2018 a member of a terrorist organization and sentenced her to five years and two months in prison.

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