Ukraine ambassador offers a glimmer of hope for British soldiers facing the death penalty
Brits Shaun Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, face execution by firing squad. They were sentenced to death by a separatist court in Donetsk in a sham trial. The pair were captured fighting for Ukraine in besieged city of Mariupol.
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