Britons sentenced to death after ‘show trial’ in Russian-occupied Ukraine
by Andrew Roth and Emine Sinmaz from World news | The Guardian on (#605V6)
Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were captured while fighting in Ukrainian army
Pro-Russia officials have sentenced to death two British men and a Moroccan national captured while fighting in the Ukrainian army in Mariupol.
A court in Russian-controlled east Ukraine convicted Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner after a days-long process that observers have called a disgusting Soviet era show trial" meant to imitate war crimes trials against Russian soldiers in Kyiv.
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