INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A 72-year-old American man detained in Russia pleaded guilty to fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency
reported Monday.Last week, a Moscow court ordered Stephen Hubbard to be placed in pre-trial detention until March 26, 2025
Prosecutors accuse him of having signed a monthly contract with the Ukrainian military after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in
February 2022.Hubbard reportedly served in a territorial defense unit in the eastern Ukrainian city of Izium before Russian soldiers
referring to Hubbard, but said it could not comment any further.
