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Ukraine files treason case against Putin ally

Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigation has completed a pre-trial investigation into pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who is accused of treason, and it has filed the case to court, the law enforcement agency said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine live news: Russian forces hit east, south regions

Russia strikes Ukraine’s east and south, pounding the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with air attacks and artillery fire.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine cracks down on 'traitors' helping Russian troops

Ukrainian authorities are cracking down on anyone suspected of aiding Russian troops under laws enacted by Ukraine’s parliament and signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the Feb. 24 invasion

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Russia publishes list of 100 Brit 'mercenaries' supposedly fighting in Ukraine

The Russian pro-war Telegram channel Rybar has published a list of 99 British men and one woman who are supposedly part of the “International Legion of Territorial Defence of Ukraine”

Daily Mirror

Brother's hope for captured British soldier Aiden Aslin as Russian forces demand swap

Nathan Wood said he has “hope” after a video this week showed Aiden Aslin and fellow Brit Shaun Pinner, 48, asking to be exchanged with a pro-Russian politician held in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Kyiv-Versailles: Palace Of Putin Ally Shows Life Of Luxury He Led Before Arrest

The video shows a golden stallion and fur coats inside the luxurious mansion, in the neighborhood of Pushcha-Vodytsia.

Zenger

‘They’ve gone through hell’: fears for British prisoners of war in Ukraine

Exclusive: friend of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner says UK minister’s claim they were in Ukraine illegally is ‘completely false’

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MP presses YouTube to remove Russian ‘propaganda’ video showing captive Briton

Newark MP Robert Jenrick told the Commons the video shows Aiden Aslin being ‘interviewed under duress for propaganda purposes’.

The Independent UK

Treatment of Nottinghamshire man Aiden Aslin captured by Russians is a 'breach of Geneva Convention'

They have condemned YouTube for allowing the video to remain live

Nottingham Post

Family of captured Briton Aiden Aslin claim ‘propaganda’ video breached Geneva Convention

Relatives of Aiden Aslin also denounced Russian claims he is a ‘volunteer, a mercenary, or a spy’

Evening Standard

Family of captured Briton claim ‘propaganda’ video breached Geneva Convention

Relatives of Aiden Aslin also denounced Russian claims that the 28-year-old is a ‘volunteer, a mercenary, or a spy’.

The Independent UK

British soldiers captured in Ukraine ‘should not have been there’, UK minister says

Shaun Pinner, 48, and Aiden Aslin, 28, have been taken captive by Russia

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: British soldiers captured by Russian forces - all we know so far

Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were both captured within days of each other while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol

Daily Mirror

UK must not be blackmailed into prisoner exchange with Russia, says Emily Thornberry

The UK must not be blackmailed into a prisoner exchange with Russia, shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry has said.

Evening Standard

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‘I want to go home’, says captured British fighter Aiden Aslin in new video

A captured British fighter has said he plans to move back home and start a new life with his wife if he is spared the death penalty as he begs Boris Johnson to bring peace to Ukraine.

Daily Mirror

Brits captured by Russia 'face show trials if there's no prisoner swap', state TV claims

Russian state media have claimed the two British soldiers captured fighting in Ukraine are mercenaries fighting for money and exempt from the Geneva Convention

Reuters

UK not looking to help Russia, minister says on prospect of prisoner swap

Britain is not going to be looking at how to help Russia, a senior minister said on Tuesday when asked about the prospect of swapping pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk for two British fighters who were captured in Ukraine by Russian forces.

France 24

Russia broadcasts video of captured Britons asking for prisoner swap

Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a Ukrainian ally of President Vladimir Putin who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities.

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Al Jazeera

Russia airs video of captured Britons asking for prisoner swap

State TV airs video showing two fighters on the day Ukraine broadcast video of pro-Russia politician asking for swap.

The Guardian - UK

Captured Britons put on Russian TV asking Boris Johnson to help free them

Moscow parades Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, with pair calling for Ukraine to agree prisoner swap

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two Captured Britons Appear on Russian State TV, Ask to Be Swapped

Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a pro-Russian politician who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities. It was unclear how freely the two men - Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin - were able…

The Independent UK

Two British fighters captured by Russia ask to be exchanged for Putin ally ‘Prince of Darkness’

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin ask Boris Johnson to bring them back to UK

Reuters

Putin ally held in Ukraine suggests prisoner swap for Mariupol forces - video

Pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk appealed in a video released by Ukraine's security service on Monday to be handed over to Moscow in a prisoner swap for Ukrainian forces and civilians trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol.

Evening Standard

Two captured British fighters ask to be swapped with Vladimir Putin ally ‘the prince of darkness’

They asked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to help bring them home in exchange for Ukraine releasing Viktor Medvedchuk

Reuters

Two captured Britons appear on Russian state TV, ask to be swapped

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