Dylan Healy, 22, and Andrew Hill, 35, were reported to have been arrested in April. Mr Healy, from Cambridgeshire, was in Ukraine as an assistant to the British non-profit Presidium Network when he was arrested at a checkpoint south of the city of Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine Live News: Kremlin attacks NATO, tries to drag China into Russia’s rift with West He was arrested along with another British national, Paul Urey, 45, who has been described as a family man with children. Mr Hill, a volunteer soldier, was filmed with a bound left hand and a makeshift headgear in footage broadcast on Russian television in April. Healy and Hill reportedly refused to cooperate after their recitation, officials in the Moscow-backed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) said, according to the TASS news agency. A DPR source told TASS: “Criminal cases have been opened and charges have been brought against British citizens Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill, who are currently being held in the DPR. “Investigative operations are ongoing as investigators seek evidence of crimes committed by Britons who are unwilling to testify and refuse to co-operate in their criminal cases.” Image: Paul Urey A video broadcast on Russian television in April showed a man speaking with an English accent who gave his name as Andrew Hill from Plymouth. According to a pro-Kremlin website, Healy and Hill will face the same mercenary charges as British military volunteers Aiden Ashlin and Sean Pinner. Mr Aslin, 28, from Newark in Nottinghamshire, and Mr Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, were sentenced to death at a DPR court in June. Picture: Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin in Ukraine Picture: Aiden Aslin (L) and Shaun Pinner pictured during the penalty But on Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) intervened in their cases, warning Moscow that it would have to ensure the death penalty is not carried out. Read more: Two children among 19 killed as Russian missiles hit block of flats near Odessa Ukraine risks losing war in Russia without Western military aid, Dutch PM warns Mr Ashlin and Pinner have been living in Ukraine since 2018 and claim they were legally serving with the country’s army – meaning they should be entitled to protection afforded to prisoners of war under the Geneva Convention.
