Former U.S. Soldier Extradited By Kyiv To Florida On Murder Charge

A former U.S. Army soldier who fought for a far-right Ukrainian paramilitary group and who has been linked to a bomb plot in the United States has been extradited by Ukraine and is set to appear in a Florida court on June 3. Craig Lang, 29, is one of two U.S. Army veterans implicated in the 2018 murder of a couple, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Florida, where the killing occurred. A U.S. Justice Department statement alleges that Lang “went on an international crime spree that included a double murder in Florida, attempts to travel internationally to engage in other acts of violence outside the United States, and a plot to evade law enforcement detection by trading guns, a grenade, and cash to use another person’s identifying information to apply for a U.S. passport under an assumed name.”