Two Britons and a Moroccan who fought in the Ukrainian army and who were sentenced to death by pro-Russian separatist justice have lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk.
The death penalty had been imposed on them for mercenary activity in this region of eastern Ukraine in the hands of pro-Russian rebels since 2014.
“He wore the official uniform”
Britain's Aiden Aslin filed his appeal on Monday (July 4th), a Supreme Court spokesman told Russian news agencies.
Moroccan Brahim Saadoun made the same move on July 1, the Court said in a statement on Monday.
The second Briton, Shaun Pinner, had meanwhile filed his appeal with this body in June, according to his lawyer.
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According to the families of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, these two men, who have been living in Ukraine since 2018 and living as a couple with Ukrainian women, had served in the Ukrainian army for several years.
London had harshly criticized this conviction.
Brahim Saadoun's father confirmed on Monday that his son had enlisted in the Ukrainian navy in 2021, before the start of the Russian offensive in February 2022, and said he was "
wearing the official army uniform Ukrainian
”.
The UN expressed its concern after the death sentence of these prisoners of war by the pro-Russian separatists.