Signed Contract in Moscow, Now Faces Trial Over Ukraine War
Belgrade's Higher Public Prosecutor's Office has filed an indictment against Milos N. (40), suspected of fighting in Ukraine on Russia's side between September 2024 and November 2025.
Milos N. (40) now faces the Higher Court in Belgrade over suspicion that he spent more than a year fighting in Ukraine on Russia’s side. Belgrade’s Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office has filed an indictment against him, the office said in a statement.
He is charged with participating in a war or armed conflict in a foreign state. According to the prosecution, the indictment covers the period from September 2024 to November 2025.
How the path to the front unfolded, according to the prosecution
Milos N. is suspected of traveling to Moscow on his own initiative. There, he signed a 12-month contract with representatives of the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Defense, with an agreed monthly payment.
He then completed tactical training and was issued a uniform, insignia, and a firearm, a rifle. Assigned to a regiment, he was sent to the Zaporizhzhia region, where, according to the indictment, he received and carried out orders from his direct commanders.
On one occasion, he was wounded in the forearm by Ukrainian drone strikes. Before returning to Moscow, he handed back everything he had been issued: the uniform, insignia, and weapon.
What does the indictment say?
In its statement, the prosecution laid out the substance of the suspicion in precise terms:
from September 2024 to November 2025, on the territory of the Republic of Ukraine, he participated in the war and armed conflict as a member of a military formation of the Russian Federation, one of the sides in the conflict, without being a national of that foreign state
That last clause carries the legal weight. The criminal offense of participating in a war in a foreign state hinges precisely on the absence of citizenship of the side being fought for, and on not belonging to an official mission of an international organization of which Serbia is a member. According to the prosecution, Milos N. met neither condition.
The indictment is now before the Higher Court in Belgrade, which will decide how the proceedings move forward. Until a final verdict, Milos N. is considered a suspect.
