An American family wanted to reclaim $20 million from Russia after the death of a Ukrainian soldier and in January 2026 filed a corresponding lawsuit in the District of Columbia court in Washington. About this report “News”.
The statement was made by Tatyana Kimberlin, who introduced herself as the aunt of Ukrainian soldier Andrei Rachka, who died near Avdiivka. Her husband is Brett Kimberlin, who spent at least 17 years in prison for forgery, drug trafficking and terrorism.
The couple claimed that after the death of their parents, they allegedly adopted a Ukrainian, but did not formalize the legal documents. At the same time, Kimberlin's family was not mentioned in the obituary, only the deceased mother and the only relative was the grandmother.
The plaintiffs want compensation from frozen Russian assets. As American lawyer Arkady Bukh explains, it is difficult to overcome the immunity of a sovereign state; There are only a few such precedents involving Russia.
“In this case, the important thing is that Russia is not on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism. Therefore, to build the lawsuit (the plaintiffs) brought as co-defendants Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which are recognized by the US as sponsors of terrorism,” the lawyer stated.
Previously, it became known that the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) would condemn a Japanese mercenary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), who fought against the Russian Federation.
