Ukraine: a court of Russian proxy convicted two Britons and one Moroccan to death

• According to Russian news media, a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, sentenced two Britons and a Moroccan to death on Thursday while fighting for Ukraine.
• According to the Interfax news agency, the court found the three individuals – Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun – guilty of “mercenary operations and conducting actions intended at gaining power and toppling the DPR’s constitutional order.
• “After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the three guys were seized while fighting for Ukraine against Russian and Russian-backed forces.

According to Russian news media, a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, sentenced two Britons and a Moroccan to death on Thursday while fighting for Ukraine.

According to the Interfax news agency, the court found the three individuals – Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun – guilty of “mercenary operations and conducting actions intended at gaining power and toppling the DPR’s constitutional order.”

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After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the three guys were seized while fighting for Ukraine against Russian and Russian-backed forces. Their attorney stated that they would file an appeal against the decision. The British government denounced the court’s decision as a “sham judgement.”

On Twitter, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said, “I absolutely deplore the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who are being imprisoned by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine.” “They’ve been taken prisoner of war. This is a phoney decision with no basis in fact.”

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