A British Army soldier who went AWOL for six months to fight in the Ukraine conflict has been locked up after a judge ruled that his actions risked dragging Britain into a war with Russia.
Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi was deployed to Estonia when he went missing from NATO's Operation Cabrit and sent his unit a message admitting he had crossed the border to join pro-Ukrainian forces.
A court martial heard that by operating as a 'rifleman' alongside Ukrainian militia the 21-year-old had defied orders, created a security risk and had he been captured 'the potential harm... is difficult to understate'.
