Russia Uses Trial of Foreigners to Raise Stakes Over Talks: Ukrainian Official

Russia Uses Trial of Foreigners to Raise Stakes Over Talks: Ukrainian Official
Britons Aiden Aslin (L), Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan Brahim (R) Saadoun in a courtroom cage at a location given as Donetsk, Ukraine, on June 7, 2022. Supreme Court of Donetsk People's Republic/Handout via Reuters
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Russia wants to use three foreigners who were captured while fighting for Ukraine and sentenced to death as “hostages” to put pressure on the West over peace negotiations, a senior Ukrainian official said on Friday.

Two Britons and a Moroccan received the death sentence on Thursday from a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), one of Russia’s proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported.