Russia jails American Stephen Hubbard over fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine
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Stephen Hubbard, 72, of Michigan, has been sentenced by a Russian court Monday after being convicted of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
The news agency cited Russian investigators and state media as saying that Hubbard was trained and given weapons and ammunition after he allegedly signed up for the mercenary unit in February 2022. Two months later, he reportedly was detained by Russian soldiers and then pleaded guilty to charges of fighting as a mercenary.
Hubbard was sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison. He is the first American known to have been convicted on charges of fighting as a mercenary in the Ukrainian conflict, according to the Associated Press.
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