Ukraine had close links with Qaddafi’s regime, and estimates that around 1,500 of its citizens were in Libya before the conflict started in mid-February 2011. (File photo)
A military court handed stiff prison terms to 19 Ukrainians, three nationals from Belarus and two Russians accused of serving as mercenaries for ousted leader Muammar Qaddafi in Libya’s conflict last year.
One of the Russians, judged to have been the coordinator, was condemned to life imprisonment while the others were sentenced to 10 years’ hard labor.
The 24 men, who all denied the charges and insisted they were in Libya to work in its oil sector, were accused of having primed ground-to-air missile batteries to target NATO warplanes supporting the revolt against Qaddafi.
One of the Russians, judged to have been the coordinator, was condemned to life imprisonment while the others were sentenced to 10 years’ hard labor.
The 24 men, who all denied the charges and insisted they were in Libya to work in its oil sector, were accused of having primed ground-to-air missile batteries to target NATO warplanes supporting the revolt against Qaddafi.
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