An internationally unrecognised republic is preparing to execute two captured Britons. Aiden Aslin, 28, of Newark and Shaun Pinner, 48, of Watford were captured in April whilst fighting for Ukraine against the Russian invasion in Mariupol.
The pair were sentenced to death in June by firing squad by the Donetsk People's Republic for fighting as mercenaries, but they were both fighting under the Ukrainian army and had lived in Ukraine before the war begun. Moroccan national, Saadoun Brahim, was also sentenced to death with the pair.
Aiden Aslin's lawyer, Pavel Kosovan, filed an appeal against the sentence on Monday, July 4, and it has been reported that the other two men have also launched appeals. However, a statement from officials in the breakaway region of Ukraine reportedly said that the separatists are now "preparing a place for their execution" reports The Daily Mirror.
