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Ukraine's Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has said that the military prosecution office is working on criminal proceedings against over 700 people who are charged with high treason.

“The military prosecutor’s office has launched proceedings against more than 700 people who are charged with high treason,” he said at a press conference in Kyiv on May 30.

In addition, the prosecutor general said: “We put the task for this year, all the traitors of Ukraine (involved in the annexation of Crimea) should be convicted.”