The Ukrainian Army’s claim that Serbian ‘militants’ are being recruited to supplement Russian ‘occupation’ forces in Ukraine has drawn an angry riposte from the Serbian Defence Ministry. Serbia’s Defence Ministry on Sunday condemned Ukraine’s “dangerous misinformation” that Serbian fighters are being recruited to supplement Russian forces in Ukraine, and said: “We demand that it be withdrawn immediately.” “The participation of Serbian citizens in armed conflicts abroad is a serious crime punishable by several years in prison,” Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said in a press release. (,..) Ukraine’s General Staff said in operational information on Sunday that, “for the purpose of the urgent replenishment of the losses of the occupation troops”, Russia was bringing in fighters from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the Caucasus, and also that “a large number of militants from other countries are involved (Syria, Serbia)”. It did not respond BIRN’s request for additional information about Serbian fighters. There is a track record of Serbian fighters being present in warzones in Ukraine since the outbreak of the conflict in 2014. Social media posts from the Ukrainian battlefields later enabled prosecutors to prove the illegal military action of fighhters in Ukraine.
via balkan insight: Belgrade Denies Serbian ‘Militants’ are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine