Robert Jenrick describes sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner as a ‘war crime’ and a breach of international law
as a “war crime”, “absolutely outrageous” and “a flagrant breach of international law”. He said the two men were being “essentially used as hostages” by pro-Russian forces in the region
They joined up to serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, were captured, and should be being treated as prisoners of war, which means being looked after appropriately and returned to Ukraine at the earliest opportunity.I’ve asked the foreign secretary Liz Truss to raise this matter with the Russian ambassador so that we as a country are very clear that you can’t treat British citizens in this absolutely outrageous way.
But that of course relies on Russia playing ball, or being reasonable, and abiding by international law. And nothing in recent weeks and months suggest that Vladimir Putin does that, because he’s been committing war crimes like this trial, and worse, left, right and centre.
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