Donedsk Leader: Preparation to execute them

According to today's Russian Television (RT), on July 13, local time, Donetsk's leader Proshin said that the Donedsk authorities were preparing to execute the death penalty of three foreign mercenaries who participated in the war in Ukraine.

Three foreign mercenaries were sentenced to death. Picture source: Russian Media

Earlier on the 13th, Pride said that the laws of the "Donetsk People's Republic" did not stipulate the fixed date of such judgment, so the administrative authorities will act "according to their internal decisions". Success will be executed by the execution team. He also added that this type of execution is usually "not disclosed", and the relevant news is "not disclosed to the outside world."

It is reported that the three foreign mercenaries who have been executed are 48 -year -old British citizen Shinne, respectively, 28 -year -old British citizen Aiden Aslin, and 21 -year -old Morocco citizen Ibrahim Sadan. According to the Donetsk folk armed forces, they surrendered to the Russian and Donedsk folk armed forces in Marwol in April this year. On June 9, the three were sentenced to death by the Donetsk Court for "acting as a mercenary" and "trying to seize power with force".

The three captured mercenaries have appealed to the result of the verdict. The person in charge of Donedsk's judicial department Yury Sirovatenko said on July 12 that the court would make a decision on their appeals by the end of this month.

According to the British "Daily Telegraph" report, some observers believe that Pushyl announced the preparation for the implementation of the three mercenaries news that this may be a negotiating strategy to prepare for the exchanges between the detainees that may happen next. The Ukrainian administration had previously stated that it was intended to exchange the above two British citizens by exchanging the detainees.

It is worth mentioning that according to the Daily Telegraph, at present, Donetsk also has at least two British men and at least 2 former American soldiers.

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