Three captured soldiers face an 'unprecedented' death penalty in Russia. What happens next?
ABCTwo Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine have been sentenced to death in what critics have called an "unprecedented" situation that is tantamount to war crimes. A senior Ukrainian official says Russia us using the three prisoners as "hostages" to put pressure on the West over peace negotiations. A senior Ukrainian official has said Russia wants to use the three prisoners as "hostages" to put pressure on the West over peace negotiations. The DPR is one of two breakaway Russian-backed entities in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine which Russia says it is fighting to "liberate" from Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian court sentences Russian soldier to life Photo shows A young man with a shaved head looks towards a police officer A Ukrainian court sentences a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion.
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