Ukrainian Soldier Jailed 20 Years in Russia After Crimea Operation

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A military court in southern Russia sentenced a Ukrainian special forces soldier to 20 years in prison after he was captured during a
mission in annexed Crimea, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.Oleksandr Lyubas was captured in October during an amphibious operation in which
District Court in Rostov-on-Don convicted Lyubas of terrorism, arms smuggling and illegally crossing the Russian border
He was sentenced to 20 years in a maximum-security prison.Lyubas denied the charges, saying in court that he should be treated as a prisoner
as saying.Kyiv has repeatedly vowed to take back Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.