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The Latest Breaking News from Donetsk

The oligarch who could hold key to fate of Britons facing death sentence

Putin has a favour to ask that could be tied to the case of two men jailed in Donetsk, says Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Will two Brits and a Moroccan be executed?

Russia-backed court sentenced foreigners to death by firing squad for ‘terrorist activity’ after fighting for Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

'Scared' Vladimir Putin ordered death sentences against Brit fighters, expert claims

After a three-day sham trial, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were issued death sentences by the supreme court of the rebel-held Donetsk People's Republic

Daily Mirror

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Russia's Lavrov says Britons and Moroccan sentenced to death committed crimes in Donetsk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the two Britons and one Moroccan sentenced to death on Thursday in the Donetsk People's Republic had committed crimes on the territory of the self-proclaimed state trying to break away from Ukraine.

Reuters

Liz Truss speaks to Ukraine about Britons’ death sentences for fighting Russia

Foreign secretary and counterpart ‘discuss efforts to secure the release’ of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner

The Guardian - UK

West Denounces Death Sentences for 3 Who Fought for Ukraine

Two British citizens and a Moroccan were sentenced to death Thursday for fighting on Ukraine's side, in a punishment handed down by the country's pro-Moscow rebels. The proceedings against the three captured fighters were denounced by Ukraine and the West as a sham and a violation of the rules of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK brands death sentences on British soldiers held in occupied Ukraine an ‘egregious breach of Geneva Convention’

Liz Truss voiced her condemnation after calling her Ukrainian counterpart on Friday

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Ukrainian Forces 'Holding on' in Key Donbas Battles

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were "holding on" in the flashpoint eastern city Severodonetsk where intense street battles with Russian troops could determine the fate of the Donbas region.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine strikes Russian military targets, France offers to help lift Odesa blocade

Ukraine's defence ministry on Friday said it struck Russian military positions in the southern Kherson region, where the army is fighting to reclaim occupied territory. France offered to help ensure access to the port of Odesa and ease a global grain crisis. Read our live blog to catch up on…

France 24

Ukraine says it remains in control of Sievierodonetsk plant sheltering hundreds

Ukraine remains in control of the Azot chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk where hundreds of civilians are sheltering amid bitter fighting, the region's governor said on Saturday, after a Russia-backed separatist claimed 300 to 400 Ukrainian fighters were also trapped there.

Reuters

Brits' death sentence for fighting Russia will “invigorate” others, says friend

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner face death by firing squad after being convicted of taking action towards a violent seizure of power at a show trial in Kremlin-backed Donetsk

Daily Mirror

Ex-UK army comrade of Brit sentenced to death brands 'disgraceful' judgement a war crime

Aiden Aslin, 28, and British Army veteran Shaun Pinner, 48, have been sentenced to death and could face a firing squad after a sham trial in pro-Russian Donetsk

Daily Mirror

Family of Brit sentenced to death in Ukraine demand he's treated 'with respect'

Brits Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner have been sentenced to death by the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) after being accused of acting as mercenaries for Ukraine, however their families insist they are prisoners of war

Daily Mirror

Ukraine: British POWs sentenced to death after 'show trial' which appears to violate Geneva Conventions

Two Britons captured while fighting in Ukraine’s armed forces have been sentenced to death after what has been condemned as a “show trial”. Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who surrendered to Russian forces during the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, were convicted on the charge of “being a…

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Reuters

UK "deeply concerned" by sentencing of Brits by Russia-backed court, PM's spokesman

Britain is deeply concerned by the death sentences passed down to two British men by a court of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and will work to try to secure their release, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said.

The Independent UK

Ukraine: What are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?

Pro-Russia separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014

Reuters

Two Britons, one Moroccan sentenced to death by court of Russian proxy in Ukraine

Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine were sentenced to death on Thursday by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), one of Russia's proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine resists Russia in east, strikes back in north, south

Ukraine is pursuing a resilient defence and counter-offensive, but Russia is also moving to assimilate occupied regions.

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The Guardian - UK

Russian invasion is ‘Covid-22’ and arms are a vaccine, says Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukrainian president pleads for more outside help in speech at gala to honour Time’s most influential people

Zenger

Pro-Russian Fighters Defend Bombed Out Donetsk Airport

Ordinary people who have joined the ranks of the pro-Russian forces are seen here carrying out a defense of the bombed-out Donetsk Airport in the disputed Donetsk Oblast, a region in eastern Ukraine adjacent to Russia.

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian troops plead for more artillery to offset Russia’s firepower in Sievierodonetsk – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here

Reuters

Ukraine says troops holding on to Sievierodonetsk, advance in south

Ukraine said on Thursday its forces were holding their positions in intense fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk and had retaken ground in the south, targetting gains in the biggest swathe of territory seized by Russia since the invasion started.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine: Captured Britons ‘face 20 years in jail’

Russian state media shows Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, appearing in court in Donetsk

Reuters

Two Britons, Moroccan risk death penalty after guilty pleas in Donetsk court

Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty after pleading guilty in a court of one of Russia's proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russia's RIA news agency reported.

Nottingham Post

Newark man Aiden Aslin could face death penalty after being captured by Russian forces in Ukraine

A new video has appeared of him in a Donetsk pro-Russian court

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