The West denounced a pro-Moscow court that sentenced two Brits and a Moroccan to death for fighting for Ukraine, calling the verdict a sham
Three Foreign Fighters in Eastern Ukraine Sentenced to Death by Pro-Moscow Court
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported that the defendants—identified as Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner, and Brahim Saadoun—will face a firing squad. They have a month to appeal. British Foreign Secretary Luz Truss pronounced the sentencing a “sham judgment with absolutely no legitimacy.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman Jamie Davies said that under the Geneva Conventions, POWs are entitled to immunity as combatants.
The three men fought alongside Ukrainian troops before Pinner and Aslin surrendered to pro-Russian forces in the southern port of Mariupol in mid-April and Saadoun was captured in mid-March in the eastern city of Volnovakha.The Russian military has argued that foreign mercenaries fighting on Ukraine’s side are not combatants and should expect long prison terms, at best, if captured.Putin drew parallels between Peter the Great’s founding of St. Petersburg and modern-day Russia’s ambitions.
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