{"id":445283,"date":"2018-02-07T10:09:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T10:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=445283"},"modified":"2018-02-07T12:58:44","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T12:58:44","slug":"moldovan-mercenaries-donbass-region-takes-five-seconds-kill-man-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/moldovan-mercenaries-donbass-region-takes-five-seconds-kill-man-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Moldovan mercenaries in the Donbass region: “It takes me five seconds to kill a man”\/\/ RISE"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine attracted the Moldovan mercenaries to join the war in the Donbas region. They have reached the trenches that mark the red line on the political map of the world, according to a RISE Moldova investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They fought in a war that doesn’t belong to them. At home, they were greeted by the Moldovan authorities, not their family. In Moldova, mercenaries<\/strong> are a crime, something easier rather than being hunted and considered terrorists in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

According to the Security and Information Service, around 100 Moldovans have reached separatist trenches, fighting in a war that does not belong to them. Half of them have already been identified, and less than a quarter have reached the defendants’ bench. In the Republic of Moldova, these people are condemned as mercenaries and risk up to 10 years in prison; in Ukraine – the offenses committed by them are considered terrorist activities and are punished by up to 15 years or life imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Vitalie Cojocari, 35 years old:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A resident of Cimi\u0219lia. In early 2015, Vitalie was at war in Ukraine. For that, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, with conditional suspension for two years.<\/p>\n

“It takes me five seconds to kill a man. I can kill him with my own fingers. I never look him in the eyes. You don’t look into your victim’s eyes. We are mercenaries and, for us, this is a service. We wear masks and never spare anyone. No matter who they are.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Igor Gusikov<\/strong>, Chief of the Apparatus of the Director of the Security Service of Ukraine:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“They are criminals to us. They are terrorists to us. We investigate them on a basis of articles that provide for participation in terrorist organizations, murders.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Radu Chirilov, Alias “Tiger”, 26 years old:<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was sentenced to three years in prison, for the mercenary\u00a0activity. The documents obtained by RISE Moldova show that in Ukraine Radu allegedly killed over 50 people. For his involvement in the war, e was paid monthly, with 40,000 Russian rubles, which then meant about 750 euros.<\/p>\n\n

THE FULL STORY CAN BE READ HERE<\/a>.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>They went on different paths. They crossed the border illegally and found a way to hide their traces. The destination was the same – the Donbass trenches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":445284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-445283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","tag-important","post_format-post-format-video"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine attracted the Moldovan mercenaries to join the war in the Donbas region. They have reached the trenches that mark the red line on the political map of the world, according to a RISE Moldova investigation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They fought in a war that doesn’t belong to them. At home, they were greeted by the Moldovan authorities, not their family. In Moldova, mercenaries<\/strong> are a crime, something easier rather than being hunted and considered terrorists in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

According to the Security and Information Service, around 100 Moldovans have reached separatist trenches, fighting in a war that does not belong to them. Half of them have already been identified, and less than a quarter have reached the defendants’ bench. In the Republic of Moldova, these people are condemned as mercenaries and risk up to 10 years in prison; in Ukraine – the offenses committed by them are considered terrorist activities and are punished by up to 15 years or life imprisonment.<\/p>\n

Vitalie Cojocari, 35 years old:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A resident of Cimi\u0219lia. In early 2015, Vitalie was at war in Ukraine. For that, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, with conditional suspension for two years.<\/p>\n

“It takes me five seconds to kill a man. I can kill him with my own fingers. I never look him in the eyes. You don’t look into your victim’s eyes. We are mercenaries and, for us, this is a service. We wear masks and never spare anyone. No matter who they are.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Igor Gusikov<\/strong>, Chief of the Apparatus of the Director of the Security Service of Ukraine:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“They are criminals to us. They are terrorists to us. We investigate them on a basis of articles that provide for participation in terrorist organizations, murders.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Radu Chirilov, Alias “Tiger”, 26 years old:<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was sentenced to three years in prison, for the mercenary\u00a0activity. The documents obtained by RISE Moldova show that in Ukraine Radu allegedly killed over 50 people. For his involvement in the war, e was paid monthly, with 40,000 Russian rubles, which then meant about 750 euros.<\/p>\n\n

THE FULL STORY CAN BE READ HERE<\/a>.<\/h2>\n
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