Two British men captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty. Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin are both due to be tried in an area of Ukraine held by Russian forces, which Moscow refers to as the Donetsk People's Republic. Both face charges of "a number of crimes against civilians of the Donetsk People’s Republic".
The "maximum punishment for these crimes is the death penalty", Moscow-backed prosecutor Andrei Spivak told TV crews, reports Daily Star.
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