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       Zelensky shuts down anchor’s suggestion that Trump would have stopped Russian invasion

       Two Britons and a Moroccan man have been sentenced to death by pro-Russian separatists for fighting with the Ukrainian army in what foreign secretary Liz Truss has branded a “sham judgment”.

       Aiden Aslin, 28, from Nottinghamshire, Shaun Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, and Saaudun Brahim, from Morocco, were captured earlier in the war. A court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic announced their death sentences on Thursday.

       The foreign secretary said: “I utterly condemn the sentencing of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner held by Russian proxies in eastern Ukraine.

       “They are prisoners of war. This is a sham judgment with absolutely no legitimacy.

       “My thoughts are with the families. We continue to do everything we can to support them.”

       The families of the men strongly deny they were mercenaries, saying they were fighting for the Ukrainian army and should be protected under international law.

       It comes after Polish president Andrzej Duda claimed talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin were like negotiating with Adolf Hitler.

       He also slammed the leaders of France and Germany over their phone calls with the Russian president, after French president Emmanuel Macron said “we must not humiliate Russia” for future diplomatic reasons.

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       Key Points Liz Truss condemns death sentences decision as ‘a sham judgment’ British soldiers in Ukraine sentenced to death by Russian separatists Putin’s troops ‘about to take full control’ of key city Putin talks ‘like negotiating with Hitler’, Polish president says Russia's promises on grain shipments ‘empty words’, Kyiv says Lavrov claims invasion going to plan Putin ‘feels too strong’ to end conflict, Zelensky fears

       Show latest update 1654793410 Putin talks ‘like negotiating with Hitler,’ Polish president says

       Poland’s president has compared talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to negotiating with Adolf Hitler.

       Andrzej Duda criticised the leaders of France and Germany for having phone calls with the Russian president, saying the conversations were akin to speaking to the Nazi dictator during the Second World War, according to the German tabloid Bild.

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       Putin talks ‘like negotiating with Hitler’, Polish president says Andrzej Duda criticises French and German leaders over phone calls with Russian president

       Chiara Giordano 9 June 2022 17:50

       1654792247 Tom Tugendhat accuses Putin of carrying out ‘hostage taking’ as ‘revenge’

       The Conservative chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of carrying out "a form of hostage taking, a form of revenge".

       Tom Tugendhat told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "It's not a state, it's not a court and the judges are merely people dressing up and pretending.

       "The reality is this is an absolutely brutal thing to do to three completely innocent people."

       Chiara Giordano 9 June 2022 17:30

       1654790714 Who are the Britons sentenced to death in Russian-occupied Ukraine?

       Two British soldiers who were captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine have been sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels.

       Aiden Aslin, 28 and Shaun Pinner, 48, were found guilty of taking action towards violent seizure of power at a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

       Tom Batchelor explains everything we know about the two Britons here:

       Who are the Britons sentenced to death in Russian-occupied Ukraine? Two British soldiers and Moroccan national facing death by firing squad

       Chiara Giordano 9 June 2022 17:05

       1654789735 Russia energy revenue may be higher now than before Ukraine war, US official says

       Russia may be getting more revenue from its fossil fuels now than before its invasion of Ukraine, as global price increases offset the impact of western efforts to restrict its sales, US energy security envoy Amos Hochstein has said.

       "I can't deny that," Mr Hochstein told the Senate Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation in response to a question about whether Moscow was making more money now off its crude oil and gas sales than before the war.

       The United States and the European Union agreed to ban imports of Russian energy and imposed escalating sanctions to punish the country for its invasion of Ukraine.

       While those moves put a chill on global trade in Russian fossil fuels, they also helped to trigger a surge in global prices of oil and gas. At the same time, Russia has been able to sell more cargoes to other buyers, including major energy consumers China and India, by offering it at a discount to oil from other origins.

       Hochstein said that while those Russian sales to China and India have been discounted compared with supplies from other countries, the global market price surge means Russia's revenues are likely higher now.

       He said he has asked India in recent conversations not to purchase too much Russian oil, and that he believes there is a "ceiling" to how much oil India will buy from Russia.

       Chiara Giordano 9 June 2022 16:48

       1654788039 Foreign secretary Liz Truss condemns death sentences decision as ‘a sham judgment’

       Foreign secretary Liz Truss has condemned the death sentences handed to British soldiers Aiden Aslin, 28, from Nottinghamshire, and Shaun Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, by pro-Russian rebels for fighting in Ukraine as a “sham judgment with absolutely no legitimacy”.

       Chiara Giordano 9 June 2022 16:20

       1654787447 UK ‘deeply concerned’ by death sentences given to Britons in DPR

       The UK has expressed its deep concern with the death sentences handed down to two British men in Russian-occupied Ukraine, a spokesperson for the prime minister has said.

       “We’re obviously deeply concerned by this. We’ve said continually that prisoners of war shouldn’t be exploited for political purposes,” they said on Thursday.

       “Under the Geneva convention, prisoners of war are entitled to combatant immunity, and they should not be prosecuted for participation in hostilities. So we will continue to work with Ukrainian authorities to try and secure the release of any British national who was serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and who are being held as prisoners of war.”

       Rory Sullivan 9 June 2022 16:10

       1654786244 Ukraine war in photos

       The funeral of Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Suvorov is held in Kyiv on 9 June, 2022

       (Getty Images)

       Smoke rises above the city of Sievierodonetsk in the Donbas, eastern Ukraine, on 9 June, 2022

       (AFP via Getty Images)

       Rory Sullivan 9 June 2022 15:50

       1654784759 Kyiv seeks to build military cemetery

       Officials in Kyiv have said they plan to establish a military cemetery in the capital to honour those killed in the war with Russia.

       The city council will ask Ukraine’s parliament to given the green light to the site, which would be built near the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial.

       It would be a good way to ensure “honorary burials of Ukraine’s defenders,” mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

       Rory Sullivan 9 June 2022 15:25

       1654783599 British soldiers in Ukraine sentenced to death by Russian separatists

       Two Britons and a Moroccan man who fought for Ukraine have been sentenced to death by pro-Russian separatists.

       Aiden Aslin, 28, from Nottinghamshire, Shaun Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, and Moroccan national Saaudun Brahim were charged with being mercenaries. However,

       The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reports that they have been sentenced to death by a court (which is not recognised internationalyl) in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

       The British men’s family’s say they were serving in the Ukrainian army and were not mercenaaries.

       “The Supreme Court of the DPR passed the first sentence on mercenaries- the British Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner and the Moroccan Saadun Brahim were sentenced to death,” RIA Novosti reported.

       Britons captured in Ukraine war sentenced to death by separatist court A Russia-backed separatist court has issued death sentences on two British men and one Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reported.

       Rory Sullivan 9 June 2022 15:06

       1654783150 Ukrainian teenager hailed a ‘hero’ for using drone to geolocate Russian convoy

       A 15-year-old Ukrainian boy has been hailed as a hero for using his drone to geolocate an advancing Russian convoy earlier in the war.

       Andrii Pokrasa, who lives near Kyiv, sent the coordinates to the Ukrainian army, allowing them to attack the military vehicles.

       Yurii Kasjanov, a Ukrainian commander, told Global News: ‘[Andrii] was the only one who was experienced with drones in that region.

       “He’s a real hero. A hero of Ukraine,” he added.

       Rory Sullivan 9 June 2022 14:59

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