The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Great Britain called the trial and conviction of three foreign defenders of Ukraine, who were “convicted” of death in Donetsk, illegitimate.
The foreigners “put to death” by Donetsk militants are members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Ukraine will make every effort to free them. This was announced on Thursday, June 9, the speaker of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Oleg Nikolenko, in a commentary on RBC-Ukraine.
He noted that all foreigners fighting on Ukrainian territory as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are Ukrainian military personnel.
“In accordance with international humanitarian law, they are subject to the legal status of fighters. All military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured by the enemy enjoy the rights of prisoners of war. The enemy is now prohibited. commit violence against them., intimidation or inhumane behavior, “he stressed.
Nikolenko called the so -called “trial” of British citizens Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner and Moroccan citizen Saadoun Brahim void and void.
“Such public trials put propaganda interests rather than law and morality, weakening the mechanisms for the return of prisoners of war. The Ukrainian government will continue to make every effort to release all protector of Ukraine, “added the ministry spokesman. .
Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss also called the verdict illegitimate.
“I strongly condemn the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner, who are being held by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine. They are prisoners of war. This is a false sentence that has no legitimacy. My thoughts are on the families,” he said. Truss wrote on Twitter, adding that Britain continues to do its best to support them.
Recall that now the occupiers of Donetsk issued “death sentences” to foreign defenders of Ukraine.
The other day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that all foreigners were fighting in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under a contract and were prisoners of war. Execution of prisoners of war is a war crime that violates the Geneva Convention.
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Source: korrespondent
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