US prosecutors on Wednesday accused four Russia-affiliated military personnel of detaining and torturing an American citizen in Ukraine, the first charges ever filed under a US war crimes statute passed nearly 30 years ago.
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The charges, filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, include three war crimes – unlawful confinement, torture and inhuman treatment – and one count of conspiracy to commit war crimes.
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