Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has hit out after two British soldiers captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine were sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels. Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were convicted of taking action towards violent seizure of power at a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.
The UK Government said the judgment had no legitimacy and the pair should be treated as prisoners of war. Ms Truss 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 judgment with absolutely no legitimacy.
