United Nations logo. File photoWASHINGTON, June 9.The UN opposes the death penalty and calls to comply with the norms of international law in relation to all prisoners in Ukraine, said the representative of the Secretary General of the international organization Stephane Dujarric, commenting on the death sentence imposed on mercenaries in the DPR. convention for all prisoners in Ukraine,» Dujarric said.The Brazilian authorities reported the death of their citizen in Ukraine. In addition, Dujarric commented on the disagreements between the members of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine. «The members of the Security Council have full conviction and the ability to resolve specific issues, although they remain divided on others. Not so long ago they supported the efforts of the UN Secretary General on the issue of Ukraine in a statement,» he added. Earlier today, the Supreme Court of the Donetsk People's Republic sentenced two British citizens, Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner, and one Moroccan citizen, Saadoun Brahim, who fought on the side of Ukrainian militants, to the ultimate punishment, the death penalty. According to the laws of the republic, the condemned will be shot. Pinner, Aslin and Brahim pleaded guilty to acts of seizing power by force. Aslin also pleaded guilty under the article «Training in order to carry out terrorist activities.» The mercenaries surrendered in Mariupol in mid-April. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin emphasized, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry commented on the verdict on foreign mercenaries in the DPR
