
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued an order to Russia to ensure two Britons captured after fighting for Ukraine do not face a firing squad after being sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court.
Aiden Aslin, 28, originally from Newark in Nottinghamshire, and Shaun Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, have been treated as foreign “mercenaries” by pro-Russian authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).