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Nottingham protest organised for the release of Aiden Aslin and other prisoners

The protest will take place in Old Market Square

Nottingham Post

‘He’s been betrayed’: sister of Moroccan man captured in Ukraine pleads for help

Brahim Saadoun’s sister Iman says marine sentenced to death by Russian proxies has been abandoned by his own government

The Guardian - UK

Aiden Aslin now a pawn in Putin's total war strategy, says Ukrainian historian in Nottingham

Newark's Aslin was sentenced to death earlier in June

Nottingham Post

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European court intervenes over fighter sentenced to death alongside British pair

It is not known if Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin have also made requests to the ECtHR.

The Independent UK

Russian TV claims UK fighters in Ukraine will be 'executed with British guns and bullets'

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner have been sentenced to death by a court in separatist Donetsk People's Republic, with their firng squad said to be aimed with British weaponry and bullets

Daily Mirror

Death sentences of British fighters in Ukraine a warning to ‘soldiers of fortune’, Russia says

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were convicted of acting as mercenaries in self-proclaimed Donetsk republic

The Independent UK

Moscow willing to listen to UK appeal over death sentence for Nottinghamshire man Aiden Aslin

There have been suggestions a prisoner swap could be negotiated

Nottingham Post

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Russia ‘invites’ UK death sentences appeal as Nato chief makes Ukraine artillery plea

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said she will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to secure the release of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner

Evening Standard

Nato chief calls for more artillery for Ukraine as Moscow ‘invites’ Aslin appeal

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to secure the release of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner.

The Independent UK

Moscow willing to consider UK appeal over British fighters sentenced to death

Putin spokesman says there has been no British approach over captured pair Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner

Wales Online

Dozens of British journalists banned from entering Russia on new sanctions list

RUSSIA has sanctioned 28 UK journalists, including the BBC director-general Tim Davie, who they claim are involved in spreading "false and…

The National (Scotland)

Foreign Secretary will do 'whatever necessary' to get Aiden Aslin released

He has been sentenced to death for fighting in Ukraine

Nottingham Post

Kremlin says separatists would listen to UK appeal on condemned fighters

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was "sure" that Russian-backed separatist leaders in the Donbas would be willing to listen to an appeal from Britain over the fate of two Britons sentenced to death for fighting for Ukraine.

Reuters

Kremlin Says Separatist Leaders Would Listen to UK Appeal on Condemned Fighters

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was "sure" that pro-Russian separatist leaders in the Donbas would be willing to listen to an appeal from Britain over the fate of two Britons sentenced to death for fighting for Ukraine. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a conference call that London…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Evening Standard

UK will do ‘whatever necessary’ to get British death row fighters released, says Liz Truss

The Foreign Secretary has held talks with Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, amid suggestions a prisoner swap could be negotiated

The Independent UK

Truss to do ‘whatever necessary’ to get Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner released

The Foreign Secretary has held talks with Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, amid suggestions a prisoner swap could be negotiated.

Reuters

Moroccan sentenced to death in Donetsk has Ukrainian nationality, not a mercenary - father

The father of a Moroccan man sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on mercenary charges said his son should be treated as a prisoner of war as he is a Ukrainian national who handed himself in voluntarily.

Daily Mirror

Russian state TV gloats over sham ruling of Brit fighters condemned to death

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were last week sentenced to death by a sham trial in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, leading to gloating by the Kremlin's state TV

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Reuters

Amid fierce fighting, Russian forces cut last Sievierodonetsk escape route

Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday, a Ukrainian official said, cutting off the last routes for evacuating citizens in a scene that echoed last month's siege of the port of Mariupol.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin ally with power to pardon death row Brits 'sees no ground' to save them

Denis Pushilin is one of the few individuals with the power to save Brits, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, after they were sentenced to death, but has pre-empted the legal process to say he won't

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Destroys Bridge over Ukrainian River, Cutting Escape Route

Russian forces have blown up a bridge linking the embattled Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk to another city across the river, cutting off a possible evacuation route for civilians, local officials said on Sunday. Sievierodonetsk has become the epicenter of the battle for control over Ukraine's eastern region of Donbas. Parts…

Reuters

No pardon for Britons sentenced to death, pro-Russian separatist leader says

The leader of the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk region of Ukraine said on Sunday there was no reason to pardon two British nationals who were sentenced to death last week after being captured while fighting for Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Moroccan sentenced to death is a victim of Russian ‘games’, friends say

Brahim Saadoun is a much-loved marine on active duty, they insist, and not a mercenary, as court in Donetsk claims

The Independent UK

British ex-soldier ‘killed fighting against Russia in eastern Ukraine’

The family of former soldier Jordan Gatley say he will ‘forever be in our hearts’

The Independent UK

Friend of Moroccan condemned to death with Britons says sentence is ‘inhuman’

Saaudun Brahim, a 21-year-old originally from Casablanca, Morocco, was sentenced to death in a Russia proxy court.

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