Two Britons and a Moroccan brought to eastern Ukraine, where they are fighting for kyiv, were sentenced to death on Thursday for mercenary justice cases by separatist authorities in Donetsk, Russian news agencies announced.
The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic sentenced to death Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, accused of participating in the fighting as mercenariesreported by Russia’s official news agency TASS.
We are obviously seriously worried. We reiterate that prisoners of war should not be exploited for political reasons.said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman, as diplomacy leader Liz Truss denounced a false judgment without any legitimacy.
According to the Geneva Convention, prisoners of war enjoy safety in combat and should not be prosecuted for their participation in combat.denounced Downing Street.
I strongly condemn the conviction of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner held by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine. They are prisoners of war. This is a false judgment without any legitimacytweet by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
The three defendants will do so appealthe lawyer of one of the three men told Russia’s official news agency TASS.
Four foreign volunteer soldiers, including a Frenchman, were killed in the fighting against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, announced Lidu, the official body for foreign volunteer fighters.
Russia for its part claimed this week to kill hundreds foreign fighters in Ukraine since its offensive began on February 24, managing accordingly to curb the flow of newcomers.
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