Prosecutors seek 15 years in jail for Russian nationals

Addressing a court in Kyiv on April 15, prosecutors also said that Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev should be stripped of any assets they may hold in Ukraine. Aleksandrov and Yerofeyev again denied their guilt. They retracted previous video statements admitting they were on active duty with the Russian military when they were captured in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine in May 2015. The two said on April 15 that the statements were made under duress.