Originally Posted by
Recc
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 Ukrainian marines. It was quickly deleted...
Bit of an own goal, that one. I wonder if the Morrocan
national - Saaudun Brahim - has dual citizenship as well.
On further review, I appear to have made a category error. They were captured by DPR (the recent start up whom the Russians formally recognized shortly before the invasion?) not the Russians
per se, right?