Two British men and a Moroccan national accused by a Russia-backed court in the eastern separatist region of Ukraine known as the Donbas have been accused of being mercenaries and sentenced to death.
Aiden Aslin, 28, Shaun Pinner, 48, and Brahim Saadoun, reportedly a student studying in Kyiv, were arrested in April and accused of fighting with the Ukrainian army, their sentencing the latest outrage since Russian president Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation” on 24 February.
