A Moscow court sentenced five Ukrainian soldiers on Wednesday to prison terms of up to 17 years for taking part in Kyiv's incursion into Russia's Kursk region, finding them guilty of "terrorism". The court sentenced Oleksandr Vedernikov to 17 years in prison, Oleksiy Pinchuk and Yevgen Khatenko to 16 years and Oleksandr Dzyoma and Denys Popov to 15 years.
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