John Harding, Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill will stand trial in the Russian-backed Donetsk region of Ukraine, accused of fighting as mercenaries
It comes a month after two British men, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, were sentenced to death by firing squad in Donetsk. The UK's Foreign Office has called the sentences a "sham judgement".
The European Court of Human Rights has told the Russian government that it should ensure Mr Aslin, 28, and Mr Pinner, 48, are not executed.The Foreign Office said it is working with Ukraine to get the captives freed. A spokeswoman said: "We condemn the exploitation of prisoners of war and civilians for political purposes and have raised this with Russia. We are in constant contact with the government of Ukraine on their cases and are fully supportive of Ukraine in its efforts to get them released."Amnesty International has also condemned Russia for "exploiting" the men's capture.
Spokesman Kristyan Benedict said: "In exploiting their capture of Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill like this, Russia and its proxies in the Donetsk People's Republic are already adding to a huge catalogue of war crimes they're committing in this war."It comes after the Russian government issued a list of 39 people it had newly sanctioned, including David Cameron, Sir Keir Starmer and BBC presenter Huw Edwards.
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