UK WORKING ‘FLAT OUT’ TO FREE DEATH SENTENCE BRITONS

UK FOREIGN SECRETARY LIZ TRUSS HAS SAID SHE WILL DO “WHATEVER NECESSARY” TO FREE TWO BRITONS SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER FIGHTING IN UKRAINE.
AIDEN ASLIN, SHAUN PINNER, AND A MOROCCAN, SAAUDUN BRAHIM, DENY CHARGES OF BEING MERCENARIES.
THEY WERE SENTENCED THIS MONTH BY THE SELF-PROCLAIMED DONETSK PEOPLE REPUBLIC IN EASTERN UKRAINE.
MEANWHILE, ALL BRIDGES TO THE EMBATTLED UKRAINIAN CITY OF SEVERODONETSK ARE DESTROYED.
THE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS – AND TROOPS – AND THE DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT.
THE UK SAYS RUSSIA’S MILITARY IS LIKELY TO HAVE MADE SMALL ADVANCES IN THE KHARKIV REGION FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL WEEKS,