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Rebecca Speare-Cole

Aiden Aslin: Briton’s death sentence will ‘invigorate’ others fighting Russia, says friend

Ukrainian Marine Pvt. Aiden Aslin, from Nottinghamshire (Alamy)

The friend of a British soldier captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine, said his death sentence will “invigorate” those still resisting Russia’s advances.

Aiden Aslin, 28, was convicted of taking action towards violent seizure of power at a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.

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