Brit soldier facing execution by Putin forced to sing the Russian national anthem
dailystar.co.ukRussian invasion of Ukraine, has been shown seemingly being forced to sing the tune in another flagrant breach of the Geneva Conventions' rules on treatment of prisoners of war.
In the disturbing clip which the Daily Star has chosen not to show, Aiden appears to be thin and pale but otherwise uninjured – despite the presence of a vicious-looking club on the table in front of him.A burly Russian jailer stands next to the Nottinghamshire 28-year-old as he belts out the anthem.READ MORE: Brit who left girlfriend for blonde Ukrainian refugee 'wants to pummel senile Putin'Former care worker Aiden was captured by Russian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol in April.
He joined the Ukrainian army in 2018 after marrying a Ukrainian woman and moving to the country.Despite that, Aiden’s been accused of being a “mercenary” by the Russian authorities and has been threatened with the death penalty alongside another Brit, Shaun Pinner, 48.In an emotional phone call with his family he said little was being done for him by the Foreign Office and “time is running out”.Aiden's grandmother Pamela Hall told the BBC: "There are no words, just no words, it's got to be everyone's worst nightmare to have a member of your family threatened in this way."Aiden was extremely upset when he called his mother this morning."The bottom line is Aiden has said the DPR has told him nobody from the UK has made contact, and that he will be executed."I have to believe what Aiden has said to us, that if the DPR don't get some response then they will execute him.
Obviously, I hope that isn't true."Moroccan Saaudun Brahim, 21, has also been sentenced to death by the same court.DPR spokesman Denys Pushilin, an official for the pro-Russian Donetsk People's.
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