The Kremlin assured that it had no information on the case of the Russian soldier tried from Wednesday May 18 for a war crime in Ukraine, while accusing kyiv of fabricating accusations of this type targeting Russia.
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“
We have no information so far.
And the possibilities of helping (the defendant) are very limited in the absence of diplomatic representation
," said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian presidency, who believes that the numerous war crimes charges against the Russian army were "
fakes or staged
".