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American man pleads guilty in Moscow court to charge of fighting for Ukraine

Stephen James Hubbard, 72, is first US citizen to be tried as a mercenary in Russia during the war with Ukraine

A US citizen has pleaded guilty in a Moscow court to charges of fighting for Ukraine, marking the first known instance of an American being tried as a mercenary in Russia.

Russian state media reported that Stephen James Hubbard, 72, of Michigan, had admitted he had received money to fight for Ukraine against Russia.

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