The British newspaper “i” reported that the son of British Conservative MP Helen Grant led a group of Western mercenaries trying to remove a Russian armored personnel carrier in northern Ukraine.
The newspaper wrote that it confirmed the authenticity of a video clip in which a foreign mercenary emerged from the forest and pointed an anti-tank missile “Matador” mounted on the shoulder at an armored personnel carrier standing 100 meters. away. from him.
According to the newspaper, in the clip, Ben Grant, son of British parliamentarian Helen Grant, shouted “Let’s shoot” and “Beware of the recoil”. The newspaper posted clips from the aforementioned video recording showing Grant on its website.
British media had earlier reported that British 30-year-old Ben Grant had joined Ukrainian forces at the beginning of last March. He noted that Grant had served in the Royal British Marine Corps Special Battalion for more than 5 years.
The Donetsk People’s Public Prosecutor’s Office, which has completed an investigation into the criminal case against a group of foreign mercenaries from the UK and Morocco, said they could face the death penalty.
Sean Boehner and Eden Aslin, two British mercenaries fighting the Ukrainian army, surrendered to Russian forces in mid -April. Russian Defense Ministry Spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said that under international humanitarian law, mercenaries cannot claim the status of a captured soldier, so “the best thing that awaits them is a long prison sentence.”
Later, Sean Boehner told the “Russia 1” broadcast that, in collaboration with Eden Aslin, they turned to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and asked him to help replace him with Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor. Medvedchuk, who was imprisoned in Kiev. .
Source: RIA Novosti
Source: Arabic RT
