Originally Posted by
Recc
Whilst the 'death sentence' was certainly approved in Moscow, it is probably intended as a negotiating stance.
I disagree. This show trial is, in Russia's eyes, pay-back for the UK supplying weapons to Ukraine. Given the coverage its generated I doubt they'll back down on the sentence now.
As others have noted, if I was a foreign fighter, even one who'd been in Ukraine for years, I'd suffer no illusions regarding my fate were I captured. This is far from a 'normal' war with the usual rules of play. In fact I'd rig an S-vest it it looked like that may be a possibility, take as many of b*stards with me.