Downing Street Vows to Try to Free British Men Sentenced to Death by Pro-Russian Court

Downing Street Vows to Try to Free British Men Sentenced to Death by Pro-Russian Court
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during his speech at Blackpool and The Fylde College in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, on June 9, 2022. Peter Byrne/PA Media
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Downing Street on Friday said Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told ministers to do “everything in their power” to free two British citizens sentenced to death by a pro-Russian court.

Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, both from England, were sentenced to death on Thursday along with a Moroccan national, Brahim Saadoun, 21, by the Supreme Court of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic.