Final month, Russia jailed a person for 10 years for planning to combat on Ukraine aspect. (Representational)

Moscow:

Russia on Thursday jailed a barman for 25 years for becoming a member of a unit of Russians combating for Ukraine and finishing up sabotage of railway tools.

Russia has reported quite a few incidents of sabotage for the reason that begin of its “particular army operation” in Ukraine in 2022, lots of them concentrating on railways, and courts have handed harsh sentences to these linked to pro-Ukrainian armed teams.

A Moscow army court docket discovered 36-year-old Vladimir Malina, who labored at a restaurant within the Moscow area, responsible of treason and numerous terror and sabotage expenses together with collaborating in a terror organisation.

Malina set hearth to a railway relay field final 12 months after becoming a member of the Freedom of Russia Legion, a gaggle of fighters who declare to have participated in daring cross-border raids into Ukraine, prosecutors mentioned in a press release.

They mentioned a handler from the Legion gave orders to Malina and in April final 12 months he set hearth to tools that managed a railway degree crossing within the Moscow area.

He later tried to set hearth to a number of different relay cupboards and a police station earlier than being detained later that 12 months, prosecutors mentioned.

At an earlier court docket listening to, Malina partially admitted guilt however denied treason, TASS information company reported.

Earlier Thursday, Russian media reported {that a} pupil who agreed to submit leaflets in regards to the Legion had been sentenced to 13 years in jail.

Final month, Russia jailed a person for 10 years for planning to combat on the aspect of Ukraine.

Russia has reported virtually 200 acts of sabotage on its rail community because it despatched troops into Ukraine two years in the past, blaming most of them on Kyiv and its supporters.

Ukraine denies duty for finishing up sabotage or supporting partisan teams inside Russia.

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