A senior pro-Putin politician has demanded rebels in the Donetsk People’s Republic go-ahead with the death penalty facing two surrendered British volunteer fighters in Ukraine.
Britain and other Western countries have condemned the threat of execution facing Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, along with a Moroccan Sadun Brahim, 21, who was tried with them.
All have one month to appeal, and can also seek a pardon from the head of the pro-Putin separatist region, which in intentional paw is part of Ukraine.
