Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Russian officials on Monday said it has sentenced Michigan resident Stephen James Hubbard, 72, to nearly seven years in prison for fighting as a Ukrainian mercenary.
Russian forces took Hubbard into custody in the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum, a month into Russia's invasion of Ukraine in April 2022. The Russian court said during his trial in Moscow that he will serve six years and 10 months in a penal colony after pleading guilty to the mercenary charge last week.