Last minute attempt to stop execution of Brits in Ukraine issued by ECHR.
The European Court of Human Rights has issued measures to stop the execution of two British men held by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Aiden Aslin, 28, from Nottinghamshire, Shaun Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, were given the death penalty after being charged with being foreign mercenaries.
The pair were captured in the southern city of Mariupol in April, and argue as Ukrainian citizens they were fighting legitimately and so should be treated as prisoners of war.
Moscow claims the Geneva Convention does not apply to the men
A third man, Moroccan national Saaudun Brahim, has also been given the death penalty.
They were sentenced in a court in the Donetsk People's Republic, which is not internationally recognised.
