The claim that the two British and one Moroccan who were sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic on Thursday (09/06) for crimes committed there, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
“At the moment, the trials you are referring to are being conducted under the law of the Donetsk People’s Republic, because these crimes were committed in its territory“, Said Lavrov.
It is recalled that among the UN member states only Russia recognizes Ukraine as an autonomous province of Donetsk.
According to the Athenian News Agency, the two Britons, Eden Aslin and Sean Piner, as well as Moroccan Saadoun Brahim found guilty of “Mercenary activities and for committing actions aimed at seizing power and overthrowing the constitutional order “in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.
Kyiv stressed yesterday that this court has no jurisdiction, as well as that the three fighters were members of the Ukrainian army and are therefore protected by the Geneva Convention.
The two Britons, aged 28 and 48, surrendered to the Russian army after weeks of fighting in Mariupol. According to press reports, they lived in Ukraine before the war and were married there. The three were tried after a Ukrainian court last month sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian.
Negotiating paper
Meanwhile a senior Ukrainian official said today that Moscow wishes to use them these three aliens as “hostages” to put pressure on the West in peace negotiations.
Vadim Denishenko, an adviser to the Interior Ministry, said today that Ukraine would coordinate its actions with Britain, the US and the EU.
He also accused Moscow of “using them as hostages to put pressure on the international community to negotiate.”
For his part, the governor of Luhansk province, Sergie Haidai, told BBC Radio 4 that the two Britons sentenced to death were regular soldiers.
“All the people who come to fight with the Ukrainian side sign documents with the Ukrainian army and thus gaining official status“, He underlined. This means that they are protected by Geneva Convention and can not be sentenced to deatheven if they are not Ukrainian citizens.
“As far as I know lawyers have already appealed “I’m against the decision and I think what is happening is just political pressure from Russia,” he said.
Source: News Beast
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