#MICRO PINNER UPDATE#
'Due to low morale and reluctance to fight, Russian forces have probably started deploying 'barrier troops' or 'blocking units',' the Ministry of Defence said in an intelligence update on Friday. With low morale at a peak among Russian soldiers, Putin is turning on his own men. It comes as Putin is set to deploy special units to shoot his own military if they retreat from the war in Ukraine, UK government defence chiefs said on Friday.īritain's Ministry of Defence said that Russia will deploy so-called 'blocking units' which 'threaten to shoot their own retreating soldiers in order to compel offensives'. until we get things sorted out, but we just want everyone to know the good news.'
#MICRO PINNER SKIN#
Pinner, who is sat next to him, chipped in: 'By the skin of our teeth'.Īslin added: 'Not just us, there was in total 10 foreigners that were in captivity. In a video which was posted on Instagram, the pair smiled at the camera as they sat in their seats on the plane to Riyadh.Īslin said: 'We just want everyone to know that we are now out of the danger zone and we're on our way home to our families.
#MICRO PINNER FREE#
The Brits were eventually released in September after an agreement was brokered by the Saudi Crown Prince to free a total of 10 POWs who had been captured during fighting in Ukraine.Ī total of five Britons, along with two Americans, one Swede, one Croat and one Moroccan, were airlifted to Riyadh, where they were checked over before being sent home.
#MICRO PINNER TRIAL#
The sentence was issued after a three day trial in which the five 'witnesses' in the case did not appear. Judge Nikulin had said: 'The aggregated penalty for the crimes the sentence Aiden Aslin to an exceptional measure of punishment, the death penalty,' before reading out the same verdict for Pinner. In harrowing scenes, ex-British Army soldier Pinner stared at the ground and appeared distraught and close to tears, while former care worker Aslin remained composed. They appeared behind a metal cage at a court in Donetsk as the verdict was read out. 'The Ukrainian regime continues to show its vile terrorist methods,' Pushilin added, 'His condition is assessed by doctors to be stable but serious.'īrits Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were convicted by Nikulin in June of being 'mercenaries' for fighting with Ukrainian troops, weeks after they were captured by Russian forces during the siege of Mariupol. 'There was attempt with the use of firearms on a judge of the Supreme Court of the Donetsk Republic Alexander Nikulin,' Pushilin said on Telegram. The Nazi label is often attached to Ukrainians as part of Vladimir Putin's attempts to justify his barbaric invasion, launched in February this year. According to Russian news agency TASS, police are still hunting the 'attackers'.ĭenis Pushilin, leader of the self-declared 'Donetsk People's Republic', said the judge had previously 'sentenced Nazi criminals'. According to Russian news agency TASS, police are still hunting the 'attackers'.Ī Russian judge who sentenced two Britons to death is in a critical condition after being shot in a suspected 'assassination attempt'.Īlexander Nikulin is 'fighting for his life' after being hit by a bullet in Vuhlehirsk, in the Russian-controlled region of Donetsk in Ukraine last night.
Alexander Nikulin (pictured) is 'fighting for his life' after being hit by a bullet in Vuhlehirsk, in the Russian-controlled region of Donetsk in Ukraine last night.
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