Three Foreigners Fighting Alongside Ukrainian Forces Sentenced to Death

[iemanja]

Three foreigners fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against Russian-backed troops near Mariupol were sentenced to death Thursday by authorities in a Moscow-backed separatist region of Ukraine, in the first move undertaken by Russian proxy forces aiming to punish non-Ukrainians in the conflict.

A court in the unrecognized Donetsk People’s Republic, which broke away from Ukraine with Russian arms and financing in 2014, said the three men—two from the U.K., both of whom had lived for years in Ukraine before the conflict, and one from Morocco—were guilty of working as mercenaries. . . .

Moscow has worked to deter foreigners from entering the fight and has repeatedly attacked what it says are centers used to train foreign fighters, though there is little evidence that there are many of them.

Britain has condemned the trial in the unrecognized territory, saying the trial was being used for political ends and that the men should be treated as combatants.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/three-foreigners-fighting-alongside-ukrainian-forces-sentenced-to-death/ar-AAYfRat?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=703911a59af049e6a35fad15d665ade0

Executing prisoners of war is a war crime.

[PortTack]

1. F..king orcs! They use mercenaries from other countries ALL the time

[ColinC]

2. I wonder how much more the UK would get involved if and when they are executed.

[iemanja]

3. Are they less involved than the EU?

[ColinC]

4. Not sure

Maybe as much if not more?

Helping them out any more than they are, might tilt the war heavily in Ukraine's advantage.

[NutmegYankee]

5. They should declare the DPR a terrorism entity if that happens.

And then unleash their firepower as if fighting ISIS or Al Qaeda.

[lpbk2713]

6. Now the Ukes know what to do with their prisoners.

They're not really soldiers. They're thugs and rapists anyway.