Two more Britons Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill captured in Ukraine could face death penalty

ANOTHER two Brits who were captured in Ukraine are facing the death penalty as Russia is set to put them on trial as ‘mercenaries’.

Dylan Healy, a 22-year-old humanitarian worker from Cambridgeshire, and Andrew Hill, a military volunteer, have been accused of engaging in “mercenary activities,” according to officials in the Moscow-backed Donetsk People’s Republic, which was reported by state media.

A video that was broadcast on Russian television in April showed Andrew, a father of four from Plymouth, saying his name while he appeared to be injured with a head bandage and his left arm in a sling. This news comes as a result of the fact that the footage was released in Russia.

Both males, it was reported by the local media, declined to assist the authorities in their investigation.

According to the Foreign Office, using civilians and prisoners of war for political ends is wrong.

It follows the execution of British combatants Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner for alleged mercenary activity.

Aslin and Pinner were captured after surrendering in Mariupol, Ukraine.

Both of them were accused with “training with the intent to engage in terrorist acts.”

After they “pleaded guilty” in a pro-Russian court in Donetsk, they were given the death penalty.

According to a website supportive to the Kremlin, Mr. Healy and Mr. Hill could face the same mercenary accusations as Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, two British military volunteers who were seized in Mariupol and sentenced to death in Donetsk.