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Ukraine: Captured Britons ‘face 20 years in jail’

Russian state media shows Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, appearing in court in Donetsk

The Guardian - UK

Two Britons, Moroccan risk death penalty after guilty pleas in Donetsk court

Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty after pleading guilty in a court of one of Russia's proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russia's RIA news agency reported.

Reuters

Captured Britons ‘face 20 years in jail after appearing in pro-Russian court’

The video appeared to show the two Britons in the dock in the pro-Russian territory’s supreme court alongside a third man.

The Independent UK

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Captured Britons appear in Donetsk rebel court amid fears they could face death penalty

Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, are being held in so-called Donetsk People’s Republic

The Independent UK

Aiden Aslin: Brit captured by Russian forces faces death penalty

Aiden Aslin attended court with one of his co-accused Shaun Pinner in the Donetsk People’s Republic

The Independent UK

Family of 'much loved' Briton captured by Russian forces in Ukraine share emotional statement

Aiden Aslin faces possible death sentence after he was accused on being a mercenary for Ukrainian forces

Wales Online

Bring ‘much-loved’ captured Aiden Aslin home, say his emotional family

‘Aiden is a much-loved man and very much missed, and we hope that he will be released very soon,’ his family said.

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Pro-Russia officials open trial against Britons captured fighting in Ukraine

Prosecutors from self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic say men face death penalty

The Guardian - UK

Brit fighters captured in Ukraine could be executed, claims Russian state TV

British fighters Aiden Aslin, 28, Shaun Pinner, 48, and Andrew Hill, 35 - whose families have previously claimed they are members of the Ukrainian army - have been warned they may be executed despite neither Russia nor Ukraine permitting the death penalty

Daily Mirror

Brit fighter detained by Russia appears in chilling propaganda YouTube videos

Aiden Aslin, 28, has emerged on YouTube praising the “amazing” food he receives in detention and offering to answer questions from around the world in apparent Russian propaganda

Daily Mirror

British fighters in Ukraine facing death penalty from pro-Putin execution squad

Captives Shaun Pinner, 48, and Andrew Hill, 35, are to be put on trial in self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic with concerns that the pro-Russians will stage a show trial

Daily Mirror

Brit fighter arrested by Russia forced to read humiliating confession on video

Andrew Hill, from Plymouth, is apparently being held in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine and being made to read a statement renouncing the involvement of mercenary fighters in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Two British fighters captured in Ukraine could face death penalty

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, who have both lived in Ukraine for years, were caught by Russian soldiers in the disputed Donbas region

Manchester Evening News

British 'mercs' captured while fighting for Ukraine threatened with the death penalty

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin charged with 'a number of crimes against civilians of the Donetsk People’s Republic'

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Daily Mirror

Brit prisoners in Russia may face death penalty over claims of 'crimes on civilians'

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 last month

Daily Mirror

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

Italian goalkeeper wounded after hanging up gloves to defend Ukraine in Russia war

Italian goalkeeper Ivan Luca Vavassori, 30, has been wounded in battle after hanging up his gloves to defend the sovereignty of Ukraine against Russian aggression

Daily Mirror

Russia investigates rumours of British SAS troops on the ground in Ukraine

The Investigative Committee, Russia's equivalent of the FBI, has launched a new probe into allegations that British SAS troops are being used to sabotage the Ukraine invasion

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The Guardian - UK

‘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’

Reuters

Russia says British fighters captured in Ukraine are being looked after

Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that British fighters who had been captured in Ukraine were being fed, watered and given necessary help.

The Independent UK

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’.

Al Jazeera

Malcolm Nance, former MSNBC analyst, joins fight in Ukraine

The Navy veteran said he was ‘done talking’ and decided it was ‘time to take action’ in supporting Ukrainian forces.

Nottingham Post

Aiden Aslin: Family 'distressed' by Russian video of captured prisoner

Their lives have been turned 'upside down'

Daily Mirror

Captured Brit Aiden Aslin was planning to quit army and get married, family say

Relatives of Aiden Aslin also denounced claims that the 28-year-old is a "volunteer, a mercenary, or a spy" as propaganda issued by the Kremlin

Evening Standard

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’

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