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CNN: 5 foreign fighters to stand trial in occupied part of Donetsk Oblast

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Russia’s proxies in the occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast say that five foreign fighters who fought on Ukraine's side will stand trial, accused of being foreign mercenaries, CNN reports. Among the five are one Swede, one Croat, and three Britons. All of them were captured while defending Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called upon the EU to take action against Ukraine's conscription practices in an interview with Origo published on July 15, amid an ongoing dispute with Kyiv over the death of a Ukrainian conscript of Hungarian ethnicity.

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