Posted on 06/13/2022 6:48:47 AM PDT by dennisw
Putin's gloating TV stooges laugh at death sentences handed down to two Britons captured fighting in Ukraine as they slam Liz Truss and accuse her of 'doing nothing' to help the men Vladimir Solovyov, 'Putin's mouthpiece', mocked death sentences handed to Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner after they were captured fighting in Ukraine Propagandist was told by guest that Liz Truss does not recognise the sentences 'So if something terrible happens and they are executed, they will not recognise their deaths,' Solovyov shot back, to the amusement of his guests Olga Skabeyeva also attacked foreign secretary over stance on the two Britons
Vladimir Putin's propagandists have gloated over death sentences handed to two Britons fighting in Ukraine - laughing at the prospect of the pair being shot while accusing the government of doing 'nothing' to help them.
Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were sentenced to death by firing squad last week by a rogue court in the 'Donetsk People's Republic', which accused them of being mercenaries. In fact, the two men are regular soldiers in the Ukrainian army.
Liz Truss, a favourite target of Russian state media, spoke out last week to condemn the sentences which she said had 'absolutely no legitimacy' while vowing 'to do everything we can to support' the imprisoned pair.
Vladimir Solovyov, a man often known as Putin's mouthpiece, took aim at Truss on his show Sunday night - joking that Aiden and Pinner will be shot whether she recognises the sentence or not, and her words will not bring them back to life.
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Nataliya Nikonorova, the ‘foreign minister’ of the DPR, spoke to Solovyov on the show - saying she was ‘surprised’ that Truss had refused to recognise the judgement.
Solovyov responded, to laughs from the other guests: ‘So if something terrible happens and they are executed, they will not recognise their deaths?
‘Will this bring these people back to life?’
Nikonorova added: ‘They have not taken a single step to somehow try to participate in the fate of these citizens. No-one is helping them.’
Solovyov also mocked Britain’s ambassador to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, accusing her of eating croissants named after Boris Johnson instead of negotiating a way out for the men.
It comes after Ms Simmons posted a photo on social media showing her eating one of the pastries at the weekend.
‘She probably has more important issues to deal with,’ said Nikonorova.
‘Melinda is having fun,’ taunted Solovyov.
‘Her subjects are about to be executed, and she found a wonderful croissant called ‘Boris Johnsonuk’ and is eating it merrily.
‘So she doesn’t care about the fate of those people who are her subjects.’
Separately, Olga Skabeyeva - known as Putin’s ‘Iron Doll’ - accused the British Foreign Office of being unsure how to help Aslin and Pinner.
VLAD'S imbeciles and stooges
Vladimir Solovyov, known as 'Putin's mouthpiece', used his Sunday night news show to mock two Britons handed death sentences for fighting in Ukraine
Olga Skabeyeva, known as Putin's 'Iron Doll', also used a segment of her show to attack Liz Truss for failing to intervene directly in the case
Mercenaries are always executed and usually never leave the field of battle.
They knew this when they signed up.
Western mainstream media would know a lot about “gloating TV stooges,” huh?
I’ll bet they’ll be laughing in hell when Putin pays the price!
Got this funny feeling that the Brits are going to have something to say if the death sentences are carried out …something kinetic.
They aren’t mercenaries, they’re members of the regular Ukrainian military. I had a friend who was mentally shattered after one of his comrades died in his arms in Iraq. The kid who died was a Mexican, living in the US legally as a resident and serving the United States in combat. I suppose that kid was a mercenary too.
We have plenty of gloating stooges here who laugh at the death and destruction in Ukraine directly caused by the ridiculous interventionist, empire-building schemes of neocons in Washington DC.
Right. Do I want these guys executed? No. But there is no basis for the outrage that the media is trying to gin up. This is the risk you take when you go to another country to fight.
> Mercenaries are always executed... <
Yep. But the article says they were regular soldiers in the Ukrainian army. I really can’t see how you could tell the difference. For if I were deploying mercenaries, I would take a moment to supply them with papers to “prove” they were in my regular army.
Maybe the Russians are just assuming foreigner = mercenary.
That assumption might have * some * validity.
Play stupid games...
“They aren’t mercenaries, they’re members of the regular Ukrainian military.”
Apparently they thought being British subjects would somehow protect them.
They thought wrong.
Some lessons can only be learned the hard way.
The sun never used to set on the British empire.
These days the sun never sets on the British propaganda empire.
The stupid game is being a keyboard warrior like you and I. These guys were out doing something real.
One of them isn’t a merc. He’s regular and joined up before the invasion. Anyway, it’s academic. The DPR has the death penalty, Rusdia has a moratorium on it but i guess that’s ending soon.
This is a far more disturbing video than the pundits cracking wise about POWs. Let’s hear what FR’s esteemed Putinistas make of it.
Some of us have been saying for some time that the Nazis, NATO expansion and other red herrings were all cover stories and false flags covering up their plans to rebuild the Soviet orbit.
We were mocked.
So, after Putin apparently proving our suspicions (for the umpteenth time) in the last week, Channel 1 obviously decided to dissect it.
Parallels between Putin and Zhirinovsky all brought together in a big chuckle.
Yup, the only open question for them is do they go for their Baltic beach front next, or do they go after Poland because it can make stuff Russia is struggling to buy because of sanctions.
Thanks to France and Germany dithering and blocking aid to Ukraine, with help from American “no dog in this fight” voices, Russia is all set to take a free run at reinstating the Iron Curtain.
Got a few trillion dollars to spare for a New Cold War, ya eejits? ‘cos you’re gonna need it now.
...was a Mexican, living in the US legally as a resident and serving the United States in combat. I suppose that kid was a mercenary too.
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How do you figure that?
WHAT? They didnt mention that on the video games they played before hand. They thought they could go in, take a few shots and get out and not get shot. And get paid for it all.
They were warned. By Russia and Great Britain.
he media glows over he murdering stooges outside the Supreme Court today.
As to these guys, going there was so foolish and changed nothing. I am sad for them.
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