As Russian troops intensify their offensive in eastern Ukraine, pro-Russian militants who effectively control parts of eastern Donetsk have sentenced three foreign prisoners to death, including two men of British nationality. The British government has strongly accused it of "a false decision without legitimacy."
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on the 9th that it attacked various parts of eastern Luhansk Oblast with missiles, destroyed the command post and arsenal of the Ukrainian army, and shot down the Sukhoi Su-25 fighter in Donetsk Oblast.
Also, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army, Russian infantry troops were deployed to Severodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast, which is a fierce battlefield, and it became a fierce urban warfare on the 9th.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov said on his SNS on the 9th that he thanked Western countries for providing weapons such as self-propelled artillery, armored vehicles, and anti-tank missiles. I'm not happy with the speed and quantity of the donations, "he said, urging additional military support.
Under these circumstances, pro-Russian insurgents who virtually control part of Donetsk Oblast announced on the 9th that they had "sentenced three foreign prisoners of war to death."
Two of them were British men and were taken prisoner in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast in mid-April, and the other was a Moroccan man, in Donetsk Oblast in mid-March, according to Russian Interfax news agency. It means that he was taken prisoner in another city.
Pro-Russian militants have unilaterally announced that all three were "military soldiers who would join the battle in exchange for money," but the Ukrainian government does not allow pro-Russian rule. ..
British Foreign Minister Truss posted on Twitter on the 9th, accusing him of "totally condemning the decision. They are prisoners of war. This is an unjustified false decision."