The UK has not requested Russian intervention on behalf of two Britons convicted of death by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and served in Ukrainian forces, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
British authorities not addressed Russia, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
It all depends on a request from London, of course, but I’m sure the Russian side is willing to listen.he added, at a telephone briefing to the press.
However, he added that the United Kingdom should approach pro-Russian separatist authorities in Donetsk, a self-declared state that only Russia recognized a few days before launching its extensive military offensive against Ukraine.
Of course, it is necessary to address the authorities of the country where the court issued the verdict, and it is not Russiajudged by Mr. Peskov.
Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, who were brought to Ukraine, where they were fighting for kyiv, were sentenced to death on June 9 for mercenary justice by separatist authorities in Donetsk.
According to British families, the two men have lived in the country since 2018 and in a relationship with Ukrainian women have served in the Ukrainian army for several years and are therefore not mercenaries.
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
