Court in Russia-Occupied Ukraine Sentences Britons to Death
- Donetsk separatist court convicts two Britons and Moroccan man
- UK condemns political ‘exploitation of prisoners of war’
Ukrainian Territorial Defense soldiers patrol near the frontline near Ruska Lozova, Ukraine on May 22.
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Two captured British fighters have been sentenced to death by a court in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine.
The court in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic convicted Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner as well as a Moroccan, Brahim Saadoun, of fighting as “mercenaries” for Ukraine and sentenced them to death, Russia’s Tass news service reported Thursday. The men have a right to appeal and are eligible for pardon, according to Tass.