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Joshua Hartley

Aiden Aslin death sentence labelled 'sham judgement' after capture in Ukraine

A Nottinghamshire man who was captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine has been sentenced to death, state-owned Russian news agency RIA has claimed. It has been reported that Aiden Aslin, 28, from Newark, who was captured in April while fighting for Ukraine, has now been handed a death sentence by a Russian court.

After the news of the death sentence broke, the UK Government called it a "sham judgement". Liz Truss, Foreign Secretary, said: "I utterly condemn the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner held by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine.

"They are prisoners of war. This is a sham judgement with absolutely no legitimacy. My thoughts are with the families. We continue to do everything we can to support them."

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