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The freed prisoners were American, British, Croatian, Moroccan and Swedish nationals, the ministry said in a statement, adding that a plane carrying the prisoners landed in the kingdom. British lawmaker Robert Jenrick said Aiden Aslin was among those released. He was captured earlier this year then sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Russia also released U.S. citizens Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, a family representative told Reuters on Wednesday. The pair, both from Alabama, were captured in June

Robert Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, were captured while fighting for the Ukrainian army last week The pair were part of a ten-men squad which encountered Russian forces in Kharkiv They disabled a Russian tank but then were lost in the fog of return fire then disappeared, comrades say Drueke served in Iraq in the US Army but Huynh, a former Marine, has never been in active combat before He gave an interview before he ventured to the region in which he said he was prepared to die Now, there are fears they may be given the same death...