BREAKING NEWS: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has spoken to her Ukrainian counterpart about two Britons sentenced to death by a Russian-backed court, calling the ruling 'an egregious breach of the Geneva convention'. Latest: 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
"We completely condemn the sham sentencing of these men to death. There's no justification at all for this breach of the protection they're entitled to."
"They're afforded protection under the Geneva Convention as members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which is why we want to continue working with them closely to try and get them freed as quickly as we can."Aiden Aslin reacts to death sentence "Because these crimes were committed on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, all the rest is speculation.Earlier on Friday, government minister Robin Walker said the government would use"all diplomatic channels" to raise the case of the two Britons.
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