Chief military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoly Matios believes that in the case of an exchange or transfer of the arrested Russian citizens of Russia, Alexander Alexandrov and Eugene Erofeev, the Russian authorities will be obliged to supply them a serving of retribution.

"Russia is party to international law, for this reason, if these citizens are convicted and transferred, then Russia needs to supply a serving of recompense for its residents who have committed iniquities within a particular country," - said Matios in the interview to Ukrainian weekly, published on the first day of the weekend.

Matios said that the exchange or transfer of the arrested Russian citizens is impossible before completion of trial and entry of judgment into legal force.

Ukrainian Military in the Donbass tied 2 as if the Russian military on may 16. In the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation said that Aleksandr Erofeev and Evgeny Alexandrov are residents of Russia, but at the time of detention they were not active military personnel military power of the Russian Federation. More recently, the court in Kiev passed the decision on placing under arrest of Russian citizens.

The investigation accuses Russian citizens in terrorist activities, waging aggressive war, illegal border crossing, illegal circulation of arms and ammunition, illegal possession of weapons, illegal entry to the occupied territories, and similarly, in the outbreak of military conflict.

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