The unexploded aerial bomb FAB-250 is depicted in front of a destroyed building in the city of Mariupol on June 2, 2022, during ongoing Russian military operations in Ukraine.
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An English family sentenced to death for fighting for Ukraine was overwhelmed by the consequences of what was called a “show-off trial” and released him on Saturday, saying that the International Human Rights Treaty gave prisoners of war a guarantee. Stated. ..
A court in the Donetsk People’s Republic of Ukraine declared by separatists on Thursday seeking a violent overthrow of power, a crime punished for death in the eastern region dominated by Moscow-backed rebels. Two British fighters and one Moroccan were guilty.
The man was also convicted of mercenary activities and terrorism.
“The whole family is saddened by the results of the show trial,” said Sean Pinner’s family, one of the British men.
The 48-year-old had lived in Ukraine for four years, according to a statement issued by the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of Pinner’s family.
“We sincerely hope that all parties will cooperate urgently to ensure the safe release or exchange of Sean. Our family, including his son and Ukrainian wife, loves him very much and I miss you. “
The family also described Pinner as the proud “36th Brigade Contract Marines”, a Ukrainian Naval Infantry Division that helped protect the besieged southern port city of Mariupol before being captured by Russian troops. ..
As a member of the brigade, Pinner “should be given all the rights of prisoners of war, including a completely independent legal representative, in accordance with the Geneva Convention,” the family said.
Ukraine and Western nations have accused the unrecognized proceedings in the Donetsk Republic of being fake and violating international law during the war.
Pro-Russian separatists said Saturday that Korean citizens who fought on the Ukrainian side were also preparing to try, but the man had fled. They still wanted him to try in South Korea, but it wasn’t clear how that could happen.
Ukraine called on foreigners to join the resistance to Russia’s aggression, and some responded to it, but not all were accepted by Ukrainian foreign corps.
The Czech Republic’s foreign minister, Jan Lipavsky, said on Saturday that Czech citizens had died in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. This is the first reported Czech death among foreign volunteers.
