The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called the “trial” of foreign servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied territories useless.

This is stated in the comments of the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleg Nikolenko provided to Ukrinform..

He noted that all foreigners fighting on Ukrainian territory as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine..

Consequently, under international humanitarian law, they are subject to the legal status of combatants, said the representative.

“All servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are captured by the enemy enjoy the rights of prisoners of war. The enemy is prohibited from committing violence, intimidation or inhumane treatment,” Nikolenko said..

The representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed that the "

“Such public trials put the interests of propaganda above the law and morality, undermine the mechanisms for the return of prisoners of war. The Ukrainian government will continue to make every effort to release all the defenders of Ukraine,” the diplomat summed up..