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November 19,\u00a0Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0The Minsk City Court has sentenced Maksim Ralko, a former soldier of the Belarusian Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment (KKR) that fights alongside Ukrainian forces, to ten years in prison, the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minsk had declared the KKR a terrorist group. The prosecutor accused Ralko of \u201ctaking part in the armed conflict and hostilities\u201d in Ukraine \u201cwithout authorization from his country of citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralko can appeal the sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One year ago, Belarus\u2019 ONT<\/em> television channel showed Ralko in the propaganda film \u201cHow Demons Want to Capture Belarus,\u201d without reporting how he ended up in Belarus or the circumstances of his detention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It showed Ralko saying the regiment\u2019s goal was to invade Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Viasna Human Rights Center, Ralko was arrested in 2024 when entering Belarus from Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus supports Russia in its war against Ukraine. Minsk prosecutes volunteers who fight alongside Ukrainian forces, but has not prosecuted a single volunteer who joined Russian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Kalino\u016dski fighter Ralko held in detention in Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

November 19,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The Minsk City Court has sentenced Maksim Ralko, a former soldier of the Belarusian Kastu\u015b Kalino\u016dski Regiment (KKR) that fights alongside Ukrainian forces, to ten years in prison, the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office reported. Minsk had declared the KKR a terrorist group. 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