British citizen Sean Pinner, citizen of the Kingdom of Morocco Saadoun Brahim and British citizen Aiden Aslin in the courtroom in DonetskDONETSK, June 9 The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic sentenced two citizens of Britain and one citizen of Morocco, who fought on the side of Ukrainian militants, to capital punishment — the death penalty, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the courtroom. Aslin and Sean Pinner, as well as the Moroccan Saadun Brahim, will be shot. The head of the judicial board said that the convicts could appeal the decision within a month. On Wednesday, the mercenaries pleaded guilty to actions aimed at seizing power by force. The relevant article of the Criminal Code of the DPR provides for the death penalty. Aslin also pleaded guilty under the article «Training in order to carry out terrorist activities.» The mercenaries surrendered in Mariupol in mid-April. British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said that the country's government intends to file a protest in connection with the criminal case against Aslin. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army has completed the main tasks of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was the liberation of Donbass.
