A British lawmaker said Friday that two captured Britons who were sentenced to death, along with a Moroccan man, for fighting against Russia in Ukraine, were being “used as hostages,” and urged their release in a prisoner swap between Kyiv and Moscow. Britain said Friday that the two were prisoners of war with protections under the Geneva convention, pledging efforts to free them. But the Kremlin described the fighters as mercenaries and London’s reaction as “hysterical.”
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Main Intelligence Directorate wrote in a Telegram post that they think Russia can continue the current pace of fighting for “another year” if necessary.
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