.jpg "Russian military")
Two British citizens and one Moroccan national were captured while fighting for the Ukrainian army against Russian forces, according to media reports. A court in a separatist-controlled breakaway region of eastern Ukraine has issued death sentences to them.
self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) verdict by the supreme court on Thursday, DPS, which is a region that is controlled by Russia-backed rebels and not internationally recognized as independent but Russia Claims an independent.
Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun were charged with violating four articles of the DPR’s legal code, including attempting to “seize power” and “training to conduct terrorist activity”, the separatist-affiliated Donetsk News Agency reported. - Aljazeera News
The court identified each of the groups as “mercenaries” and said their actions had “led to [the] deaths and wounding of civilians” as well as the destruction of infrastructure in the DPR, which is one of the two breakaway regions in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, alongside the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).
Each of the groups identified as “mercenaries” and said their actions had “led to [the] deaths and wounding of civilians” - The court.
The three men had pleaded guilty to all of the charges leveled against them.
- Russia’s TASS news agency
According to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, The three men are now set to face a firing squad. Their lawyer said they will appeal the decision.
The separatists’ designation of the three captured fighters as “mercenaries” has had implications for the protection they have been afforded, placing them outside of the remit of the Geneva Conventions on prisoners of war. - according to news media
The Geneva Conventions afford fighters immunity from prosecution for military actions deemed to be lawful.
Comments
Post a Comment