Italian police say they have arrested three people, who are accused of recruiting mercenary fighters to fight alongside Russian forces in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, Italian authorities said that they are looking to arrest three more persons.
Through a statement, the police say raided the homes of seven people, which are part of an investigation of an Italian-Ukrainian recruiting network.Some of the suspects are related to the commander of the neo-Nazi unit called "Rusich", operating in the Donbass region of Ukraine.
Since the beggining of the war in eastern Ukraine, which started four years ago, more than 10,000 people have been killed.