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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Grierson and Andrew Roth

Liz Truss speaks to Ukraine about Britons’ death sentences for fighting Russia

Aiden Aslin (left) and Shaun Pinner (right) were sentenced along with the Moroccan Saaudun Brahim (centre).
Aiden Aslin (left) and Shaun Pinner (right) were sentenced along with the Moroccan Saaudun Brahim (centre). Photograph: AP

The UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has raised the case of two Britons sentenced to death for fighting against Russian forces in a phone call with her Ukrainian counterpart.

Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, have been convicted of taking action towards violent seizure of power at a court in the self-proclaimed republic in Donetsk.

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