American Fighters Captured In Ukraine Committed “Crimes”: Russia

Two Americans arrested in Ukraine while fighting with the Kyiv military were “endangering” Russian army and must be held accountable for the crime, “Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday in an interview with NBC News.

This interview marked the first time Kremlin commented on the case of Alexander Druke and Andy Huynh, both US military veterans, according to NBC.

They are lucky soldiers and they are involved in illegal activities in the Ukraine region. They are involved in shooting and shooting our military personnel. They endanger their lives,” Peskov told the network, in English.

They must be responsible for the crimes they have committed,” he added in the first discount published.

When pressed on what crimes the Americans committed, Peskov admitted that their special violations were unknown, but claimed that they would not be covered by the Geneva Convention on War Prisoners.

They are not (in) the Ukrainian army, so they are not subject to the Geneva Convention,” said the Kremlin spokesman.

The situation in which the two men were detained were not entirely clear, or specifically holding them. Peskov will only say they are detained by “authorities.”

US President Joe Biden said on Friday that he did not know the whereabouts of Druke and Huynh, who were believed to have joined other foreigners in volunteers with Ukraine forces.

A spokesman for the US State Department on Saturday confirmed that the American authority had seen photos and videos from two US citizens “reportedly captured by Russian military forces in Ukraine.”

We monitored the situation carefully and our hearts went to their family during this difficult time,” said AFP spokesman.

In the case of the WNBA Brittney Griner Superstar, which was detained in the detention of pre-trust in Russia on drug charges, Pescow strongly rejected the idea that he was detained as a hostage.

We can’t call him a hostage. Why should we call him a hostage? He violates Russian law and now he is prosecuted,” said the Kremlin spokesman.

Griner, an Olympic gold medalist twice and the WNBA champion, was detained at Moscow Airport in February on charges of carrying a luggage vape cartridge with cannabis oil, which could bring a 10 -year prison sentence.

Washington said that Russia had “misundred” the 31 -year -old griner and handed over his case to the US special envoy responsible for the hostages.