Three Brits are facing the death penalty in Russia after being accused by the state of being 'mercenaries'.
John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy will be tried in a secret Russian court next week.
The trio are currently being held by pro-Russian separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic while they await the trial, alongside face terrorism charges.
Harding and Hill were both fighting in the Ukrainian armed forces, while Healy was an aid worker.
Interfax news agency was the first to break news of their trial, stating: "The court hearing is scheduled for August 15, it will be held behind closed doors".
A representative of the DPR Supreme Court also said that - according DPR law - if the defendants are found guilty, they face severe punishments, meaning the tree individuals could face the death penalty.
In April, dad-of-four Hill, from Plymouth, was paraded on Russian TV after apparently suffering gunshot wounds. Footage showed him wounded with a head bandage and his left arm covered in a sling.
Sitting on the floor, the worried dad glanced up at the camera occasionally to ask if would ever come back to England.
Meanwhile, Harding - originally from Sunderland - was captured by Russians as he defended the Azovstal steelworks.
And in July, he appeared in a chilling propaganda video where he was forced to record his 'last word' to his heartbroken daughter.
The clip was shared on Telegram, and shows Harding - in his fifties - being interviewed by a Russian TV presenter.
Dylan Healy, 22, was captured along with another Brit, Paul Urey, 45, near the town of Zaporizhzhia.
The two men were on a rescue mission in the city of Dniprorudne, saving a woman and two children while they were working for a non-profit organisation called Presidium Network.
The co-founder and chief operating officer of the charity, Dominik Byrne, said that the men who were working independently as humanitarian aid volunteers.
Sadly, Paul died in July, and his family have accused the Russians of failing to provide proper medical care for him, given that he was diabetic.
He had reportedly been charged with "mercenary activities" by the Donetsk People's Republic.
The news comes after two Brits - Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48 - were sentenced to death after being put on trial in the DPR.
The pair were both serving members of Ukraine's army, and were sentenced to death by a kangaroo court after reportedly being tricked to admit they are terrorists.
