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Brit fighter in Ukraine foreign legion captured 'due to commander's incompetence'

New information has now been revealed that the reason Andrew Hill was captured is that he was ordered to defend a position that had already been abandoned by another unit

Daily Mirror · Aug 21, 2022

Harrowing images of Brits who face death penalty if convicted of being Ukraine ‘mercenaries’

John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy are on trial in a court in Donetsk which is run by Kremlin-backed separatists

Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2022

Five Europeans face trial on mercenary charges in separatist-controlled Ukraine

Three Britons and two EU citizens appear in Donetsk court accused of ‘undergoing training to seize power by force’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

Three Britons to stand trial as ‘mercenaries’ in Russia-backed court

The trio are reportedly refusing to co-operate with investigators

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

British aid worker dies after being held hostage in occupied Ukraine, Russian claims

Paul Urey, 45 and who was being held in captivity in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) occupied by Russia, died on July 10 "due to illness and stress", it has been claimed by state-run media.

Daily Record · Jul 15, 2022

Brit fighter captured in Ukraine launches desperate appeal to overturn death penalty

Aiden Aslin, 28, was captured by Russian forces in Mariupol while fighting for Ukraine and is now appealing against his death sentence for alleged "mercenary activities", which he denies

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

Russians press assault on eastern Ukrainian city

Russian forces pounded the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out attempt to seize the last stronghold of resistance in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk province, the governor said Saturday.

WEKU · Jul 3, 2022

FCDO ‘condemns exploitation’ as Britons charged with being mercenaries by Russia

Officials are in ‘constant contact’ with the government of Ukraine about the case.

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2022

Two Brits captured by Russian forces in Ukraine 'charged with being mercenaries'

A pro-Kremlin website said Mr Healy and Mr Hill would face the same mercenary charges as Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, two British military volunteers who have been given death sentences in Donetsk

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022

Two more Britons in Ukraine charged with being mercenaries by Russia

Both men were said to be refusing to co-operate with investigators.

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2022