EXCLUSIVE: Seven Americans who fought in Ukraine's war against Russia—some with far-right extremists—are being investigated by the feds for alleged war crimes, a rare step by the US government.
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The probe centers around former Army soldier Craig Lang, who is separately wanted in connection with a double killing in Florida. The DOJ claims Lang and some of the men took noncombatants as prisoners, beat them with a sock filled with stones, and held them under water.
The DOJ also believes Lang, whose story of radicalization @ChristopherJM told earlier this year, may have even killed some of the prisoners before burying their bodies in unmarked graves.
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This marks the first attempt by the feds to hold American volunteer soldiers accountable for their alleged actions in Ukraine, which has become a destination and training ground for far-right extremists like Lang to export what they've learned to the US.
The seven Americans deny the allegations and no charges have been filed in relation to them. Four of the men have since returned to the US and one is an active-duty Army soldier.
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