Ukraine says it will Prosecute Captured Russian Soldiers for Terrorist Acts

... This is impossible. Old Vlad has assured the world on several occasions that Russian troops were not fighting in Ukraine. Perhaps they were berry picking and wondered into Ukraine in full gear? Do you think?

Ukraine on Monday showed two prisoners it said were Russian soldiers who had killed Ukrainian troops in fighting in its east and said they would be prosecuted for "terrorist acts".

The Ukrainians seized on the capture of the two Russians, both wounded, to support their accusations of direct Russian involvement in the separatist conflict despite a ceasefire signed in February. Russia denies active military involvement.

Alexander Alexandrov says he is a sergeant with the
 Russian special forces

In a video posted online by the Ukrainian interior ministry, one of the prisoners gave his name as Alexander Alexandrov. He said he had been on a spying mission in Ukraine as part of a 14-member special forces group from the Russian town of Togliatti.

"We were discovered. I was wounded in the leg as I tried to get away ... We've been here 4-5 days," he said.

Captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev of the Russian special forces 
lies in a military hospital bed, in Kiev

The capture and possible prosecution of the two Russians and the potential embarrassment for Russia's Vladimir Putin come as the United States and its European Union allies press Moscow to fully implement the Minsk peace accords.

"We welcome the Ukraine government's public statements that they are being well taken care of and that the International Committee of the Red Cross... will be allowed access to them," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland, said in Moscow.

Reporters look at the TV screen showing Alexander Alexandrov, 
a Russian Army soldier who was captured by Ukrainian military 
near the front line town of Shchastia in the Luhansk region

More than 6,100 people have been killed and Russia-West ties plunged into crisis since pro-Moscow separatists rebelled against a pro-Western leadership when it took power in Ukraine more than a year ago. Russia accuses Kiev of violating the truce.

"TERRORIST CRIMES"

Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko alluded to a similar previous incident and the explanation offered then by Putin.

"The leadership of the Russian Federation will have difficulty saying that these guys just got lost," he said.

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