Besieged City
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| Initial release | Hong Kong |
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| Directors | Lawrence Ah Mon |
| Editors | Ka Wing Li |
| Screenplay | Frankie Tam |
| Tak-shun Leung | |
| Chucky Kom | |
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| ID | 3006681 |
About Besieged City
Besieged City is a 2008 Hong Kong film directed by Lawrence Ah Mon. It has a Category III rating in Hong Kong.
Ukraine war: Inside the fight for the last streets of Bakhmut
... The plumes of smoke still hang heavy over the Besieged City, accompanied by the relentless rumble of artillery fire...
Ukraine war: Russia accused of using phosphorus bombs in Bakhmut
...By Matt MurphyBBC NewsUkraine has accused Russia of attacking the Besieged City of Bakhmut with phosphorus munitions...
Ukraine war: Russian reservists fighting with shovels - UK defence ministry
... Meanwhile Russian forces appear to have secured a sufficient positional advantage in the Besieged City of Bakhmut, Bakhmut has seen months of fighting, as Russia tries to take control of the small city, where around 4,000 civilians remain...
Aiden Aslin: Ukraine Briton told execution will go ahead
... They were captured after spending weeks defending the Besieged City of Mariupol...
The family separated by war in both life and death
... Both were killed when a Russian shell landed in the Besieged City of Mariupol in early March...
Do everything to free Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, PM tells ministers
... Mr Aslin, 28, from Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and Mr Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, who were both already living in Ukraine at the time of the Russian invasion, were captured in April while defending the Besieged City of Mariupol...
Liz Truss to discuss captured Britons' death sentences with Ukraine
... Mr Aslin, 28, from Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and Mr Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, both of whom were already living in Ukraine at the time of the Russian invasion, were captured in April while defending the Besieged City of Mariupol...
Mariupol steelworks evacuees: 'We were losing hope that we would ever get out'
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Liz Truss to discuss captured Britons' death sentences with Ukraine
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will speak with her Ukrainian counterpart about two Britons handed Death Sentences by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine.
Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were captured fighting with the Ukrainian army, but were tried as mercenaries.
Both The British government and Ukraine's top prosecutor have said the sentences breach the Geneva Convention.
Ms Truss is expected to discuss The Situation with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba by phone later.
Mr Aslin, 28, from Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and Mr Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, both of whom were already living in Ukraine at The Time of The Russian invasion, were captured in April while defending the Besieged City of Mariupol.
They were sentenced alongside a third man, Moroccan national Brahim Saaudun, by a Russian proxy court in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, a pro-Russian breakaway region in eastern Ukraine.
All three men were charged with being mercenaries, the violent seizure of power, and undergoing training to carry Out terrorist activities, according to Russia state news agency Ria Novosti .
The Men 's lawyer said they all wished to appeal against The Sentence , Russia's Tass news agency reported.
Downing Street said the government was " deeply concerned" by the sentences given to Mr Aslin and Mr Pinner, adding that prisoners of war are granted " combatant immunity" by the and should not be " exploited for political purposes".
Ms Truss said the outcome of The Trial was a " sham judgement with absolutely no legitimacy" and that the government was doing " everything we can" to support The Men 's families.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry described the " so-called trial" of all three men as " miserable" and said the Ukrainian government would " continue to make every effort to release all defenders of Ukraine".
" Such public trials place the interests of propaganda above law and morality, and undermine The Exchange mechanisms of war prisoners, " a spokesperson told The Bbc .
In a statement, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova said that, as prisoners of war, the three men " cannot be prosecuted for taking a direct part in hostilities" and that " their detention should only aim to prevent their further participation in the conflict".
" [The sentencing] is Nothing Else but a violation and mockery of international humanitarian law and international Human Rights law obligations of Russia as an occupying power via proxies, " She Said .
" Russia Once Again displays its alienation from the rules-based system and a blatant disregard of the very core of the rule of law.
" Ukraine has already initiated pre-trial investigation into this matter and will take all appropriate steps to ensure that everyone that was involved in this illegal action is held responsible for their actions. "
Speaking to Bbc Two 's Newsnight, American former soldier Brennan Phillips, who previously worked with Mr Aslin in Ukraine, discussed how he thought the outcome of The Trial would be received by those still fighting Russian forces in Ukraine.
" Whatever effect they thought they would have. . I don't think it's going to be well-received, " He Said .
Mr Phillips said he believed the Death Sentence handed to The Men was a deliberate " provocation" by Russia and that he was hopeful it would not ultimately be carried Out .
Source of news: bbc.com