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Ukraine hopes to save foreign soldiers sentenced to death, MP says

This image, taken from footage of the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, shows British citizen Shaun Pinner in a courtroom cage at a location given as Donetsk, Ukraine, in video released June 8, 2022. © Supreme Court of Donetsk People's Republic, Reuters

Ukraine is doing everything possible to save three foreign nationals who were sentenced to death by proxy authorities in Donbas for fighting for Ukraine, a lawmaker in Ukraine's parliamentary security and defence committee said on Saturday.

After being captured, two Britons and a Moroccan were convicted of "mercenary activities" on Thursday by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), whose separatist leaders are backed by Moscow.

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