Aiden Aslin, left, kept his composure while Shaun Pinner closed his eyes during sentencingTwo British men captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine have been sentenced to death by firing squad. Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, are to be executed after they were convicted on charges of terrorism in a court in Donetsk, a pro-Kremlin region of the country. Pinner, a former British Army soldier from Bedfordshire, moved to Ukraine four years ago and his wife is Ukrainian. British soldiers sentenced to death in UkraineThey were detained in Mariupol in April. Both were members of Ukrainian army units but were accused by Russia of being mercenaries,

Source: The Times June 10, 2022 10:45 UTC