A Nottinghamshire man has been told his execution will go ahead after he was sentenced to death by a Russian court in the separatist Donetsk People's Republic. Aiden Aslin, 28, of Newark, and fellow Briton Shaun Pinner were sentenced to death after Russians say they admitted to "training in order to carry out terrorist activities."
Aiden, who had been fighting with forces in Ukraine, was given the sentence on June 9, and his grandmother Pamela Hall says he feels his "time is running out", according to reports in the BBC. Aiden has reportedly told his family the UK has not made contact with the DPR and that he will be executed if they do not receive a response.
Newark MP Robert Jenrick said: "I am in regular contact with the Foreign Secretary and I have been assured that this is being discussed with the Ukrainian government at the very highest level. There remains a small window of opportunity for a prisoner exchange to be agreed between Ukraine and Russia.
