Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
Are/were these three men PoW's, or, were they captured as 'other than regular forces' and charged under the 'spy' category? (And now I have to find out if the Conventions made a change since I last looked at them a couple of decades ago ... off I go.
No, they surrendered in uniform. The DPR contention was that they were mercenaries and thus not protected. The Russian state propaganda announcement of this fact
literally used a photograph of Aiden Aslin at his passing-out parade from the Ukranian marines. It was quickly deleted...