Three foreign militants have been sentenced to death by separatist authorities in Donetsk

Two British and one Moroccan prisoner were being held captive in eastern Ukraine, where they were fighting for kyiv, and were sentenced to death on Thursday by a judge of separatist authorities in Donetsk for mercenary charges, Russian news agencies reported.

The Supreme Court of the “People’s Republic of Donetsk” sentenced Aidan Aslin and Shawn Binn of Britain and Brahim Sadun of Morocco to death., Published in the official Russian news agency TASS. The accused trio will do “Call”, The lawyer for one of the three, Pavel Kosovan, told TASS. According to TASS, Messrs. After the indictment on Wednesday and Satoon pleaded not guilty “Mercenary”But acknowledged their participation in the fight “Aimed at violent seizure of power”.

Aidan Aslin’s family explained in late April that he emigrated to Ukraine in 2018, where he met his girlfriend and eventually settled in Mykolayiv. He decided to join the Ukrainian Navy and served in this division for almost four years. “He was opposed to the Kremlin’s campaign, was not a volunteer, a mercenary or a spy.According to his family.

Shawn’s family later explained that he was not “Not a volunteer or mercenary, but [qu’il servait] Officially in the Ukrainian Army, in accordance with Ukrainian law “. He moved to Ukraine in 2018 and married a Ukrainian.