NEW from me: The DOJ's been investigating seven Americans for alleged war crimes committed while fighting with far-right extremists in eastern Ukraine.
One man named in the probe is now an active-duty Army soldier.
buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
One man named in the probe is now an active-duty Army soldier.
buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
The US probe is centered on former Army soldier Craig Lang, who fought with Right Sector and is separately wanted in connection with a double killing in Florida and is fighting extradition from Kyiv. More on that case here: buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
The probe's been open since at least 2017, a doc I obtained suggests, meaning Lang was on the feds' radar before 2018 Florida killings he's charged in connection with. Here are pics of 3 of the Americans (standing & Lang middle) & Right Sector base where alleged crimes committed. 
There’s a lot grim details in this story but it’s important & I hope you’ll read it. The men accused deny they committed war crimes; some were definitely not present when they happened but they were tied to Lang. The DOJ, FBI wouldn’t confirm or deny probe buzzfeednews.com/article/christ…
There’s also another war crimes investigation mentioned—Ukraine’s probe into foreign fighters on Russian side which I interviewed Prosecutor General Venediktova about. 250 foreigners from 32 countries, including one American—Russell “Texas” Bentley—are accused of terror offenses.
Here’s the breakdown of those foreign fighters by country, in English.
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