Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, have been convicted of plotting to seize power in a court in the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk. Trash called it a “false crisis” and said it “had absolutely no legitimacy”. He will speak on the issue during a telephone conversation with Dmitro Kouleba later on Friday, the BBC reported, while No. 10 said men were entitled to combat immunity as prisoners of war. Tras said: “I strongly condemn the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine. They are prisoners of war. This is a sham crisis without any legitimacy at all. My thoughts are with families. We continue to do everything we can to support them. “ Deputies representing the two men as voters, Robert Jenrick, a Newark MP, and Richard Fuller, a North East Bedfordshire MP, called for Russian officials to be called to account for the actions of their representatives in the Ukrainian region. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 today, Jenrick said: “I urge the Foreign Secretary to immediately put it at the highest level with the Russian government. The United Kingdom must be clear that you cannot treat British nationals in this way. “This is really the most blatant violation of international law.” He added: “Aiden and Sean are not mercenaries, they are fighters, they are prisoners of war now and they should be treated according to the Geneva Conventions and the Geneva Convention is being blatantly violated by Russia when it holds this court. kangaroo. and now this death sentence. “ Genrik said the men were “stuck and used in a Soviet-era demonstration trial as a means of taking hostages or taking revenge on the United Kingdom”. He said the exchange of detainees could be a solution, but that it required Russia to “play ball, take this issue seriously and start living up to its international obligations.” Fuller said the men needed access to health care and legal advice. He said it was “fair” to claim that they were in danger, but added: “What is at stake is the recognition by the Russian authorities and their proxies in the region that Shaun and Aiden were members of the Ukrainian army. are prisoners of war and that the Geneva Convention applies. There does not seem to be any recognition of that. “ On Friday morning, School Standards Minister Robin Walker said the government would use all diplomatic channels to raise the issue. He told Sky News: “We strongly condemn the approach taken here and will use every method at our disposal to resolve this issue.” Subscribe to the First Edition, our free daily newsletter – every morning at 7 p.m. BST A third man, Moroccan national Saaudun Brahim, was convicted along with Aslin and Pinner. The men were accused of being mercenaries after a battle with Ukrainian troops. The Russian news agency Interfax claimed that the men could appeal against their convictions. Originally from Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, Aslin and Pinner were members of regular Ukrainian military units fighting in Mariupol, the southern port city that was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
