Inside an extraordinary plot to lure suspected war criminals out of Russia

In this photo taken from video released by Belarusian KGB, State TV and Radio Company of Belarus on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, Belarusian KGB officers detain Russian men in a sanitarium outside in Minsk, Belarus. Belarusian officials said that more than 30 detained employees of private Russian military contractor Wagner are facing a criminal probe on charges of plotting terror attacks in Belarus amid a presidential election campaign. (Belarusian KGB, State TV and Radio Company of Belarus via AP)

Inside an extraordinary plot to lure suspected war criminals out of Russia

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Former high-ranking Ukrainian military intelligence officials described exclusively to CNN how they orchestrated the operation aimed at luring suspected war criminals out of Russia to face prosecution for atrocities allegedly committed in eastern Ukraine where separatists backed by Moscow have been fighting for years. CNN's Matthew Chance reports on how the mission was foiled.

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In this photo taken from video released by Belarusian KGB, State TV and Radio Company of Belarus on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, Belarusian KGB officers detain Russian men in a sanitarium outside in Minsk, Belarus. Belarusian officials said that more than 30 detained employees of private Russian military contractor Wagner are facing a criminal probe on charges of plotting terror attacks in Belarus amid a presidential election campaign. (Belarusian KGB, State TV and Radio Company of Belarus via AP)

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