The Serbian government has asked Moscow to end its attempts to hire Serbs to eliminate in Ukraine as part of the Wagner mercenary group, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

Why do you, from Wagner, call anybody from Serbia when you understand that it protests our laws? Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic asked rhetorically during a TV broadcast late on Monday.Vucic was also vital of Russian sites and social media groups for releasing material in Serbian getting in touch with Serbs to sign up with Wagner, the questionable military group established by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Its prohibited under Serbian law for its people to eliminate in conflicts abroad.On Tuesday, Russias RIA Novosti news agency posted a video of 2 masked men at a weapons training range in the Kremlin-annexed parts of Ukraines Zaporizhzhia region, determining them as Serbian volunteers.Serbian volunteers took part in fighting in eastern Ukraine alongside pro-Russian forces in 2014 and 2015, Reuters reported.Vucic rejected allegations that Wagner had an existence in Serbia.Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic also warned Serbs versus signing up with Russian forces in the war versus Kyiv, adding in an interview with Radio Free Europe that this will result in legal consequences.

While Belgrade has actually condemned Russias invasion of Ukraine, it has not joined the European Union in enforcing sanctions on Moscow, despite its quote to sign up with the bloc.