3 Foreign Mercenaries Who Fought for Ukraine Handed Death Sentences by Pro-Russian Donetsk Court

Donetsk People's Republic's (DPR) Supreme Court has sentenced three mercenaries captured while fighting for the Ukrainian forces, UK citizens Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, as well as Moroccan Saadun Brahim, all received death sentences.

DPR laws only allow for one form of capital punishment—through firing squad. However, despite issuing several death penalty sentences in the past, none have been carried out.

The two British nationals had been serving in the Ukrainian military, but were captured in April while fighting in now Russian-conquered Mariupol. They appeared in a Donetsk court this week on charges of "terrorism" and "being a mercenary." On Wednesday (June 8), Russian state RIA Novosti aired footage of the men pleading "guilty" to the crimes, which critics say was coerced.

Aslin’s family has rejected the "mercenary" accusation given he was in the Ukrainian Marines. A family statement said he "is not, contrary to the Kremlin’s propaganda, a volunteer, a mercenary, or a spy." Further they said pro-Russian forces violated the Geneva conventions as they released a video of him "speaking under duress and having clearly suffered physical injuries."

? Source: Sputnik, ZeroHedge

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