War in Ukraine: Briton in hands of pro-Russian separatists faces death penalty – Yahoo News

Andrew Hill faces the death penalty according to the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine.The International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine (LIDU) on Wednesday denounced the trial announced by the Ukrainian press of one of its members of ‘British origin, captured by pro-Russian separatists.’ It was announced in the Ukrainian press that the Russians had completed a criminal investigation against three foreigners whom they were preparing to put on trial and that they risked the death penalty “, said LIDU spokesman Damien Magrou. “One of the three names mentioned in the article, Andrew Hill, is a legionnaire who has a contract with the Ukrainian army,” he said. precise. “According to Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention, he is considered in law as a legal combatant and as a prisoner of war”, he added. In captivity for several weeksAccording to LIDU, Andrew Hill is being held” in captivity for a few weeks” by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and “executing prisoners constitutes a war crime”. Pro-Russian officials have suggested in recent weeks that captured Ukrainian soldiers, including those from the Nationalist regiment Azov, could be tried and incur the death penalty. A moratorium on the death penalty has been in force in Russia since 1997, but this is not the case in the two separatist territories in eastern Ukraine. Several foreign military volunteers killed Four foreign volunteer soldiers, including a Frenchman, were killed fighting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, announced the LIDU, the official body for foreign volunteer fighters. The Legion has cited the names of a Dutchman, an Australian, a German and a Frenchman, without specifying the date or the circumstances of their death.Read moreThe Frenchman was “Norman”, said Damien Magrou on Wednesday. “He died in an artillery strike instantly and his family asked me not to give further details.” Russia for its part claimed this week to have killed “hundreds” of foreign fighters in Ukraine since the start of its invasion on February 24 and stemmed the flow of new arrivals.Original article published on BFMTV.comVIDEO – War in Ukraine: Wheat blackmail, Vladimir Putin’s new weapon