Britons captured by Russian forces sentenced to death
>Two Britons, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner are sentenced to death. They appeared in a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, held by pro-Russian rebels and not internationally recognised. Both British men are serving members of Ukraine’s armed forces and the UK has made clear they are prisoners of war entitled to immunity.
>BOTH AIDEN AND SHAUN HAVE FAMILY LIVING IN UKRAINE. THEY ARE NOT*** "MERCS". Aiden is from Newark in Nottinghamshire, and his family said he moved to Mykolaiv in Ukraine in 2018. He became a marine with the Ukrainian military in 2018, was engaged to marry a Ukrainian, and had made the country his home. The former care worker had also previously fought with Kurdish armed units in Syria against so-called Islamic State. Shaun Pinner is 48-years-old and originally from Bedfordshire. His family said he was a "well-respected" soldier in the British Army before he moved to Ukraine four years ago to use his previous experience and training with the Ukrainian military. Shaun enjoyed the Ukrainian way of life and considered Ukraine as his adopted country over the last four years. During this time, he met his Ukrainian wife who is very focussed on the humanitarian needs of the country.
