A Russian MP claims that Watford soldier Shaun Pinner will be executed with a British weapon - and they will send the bullet to his family.

Mr Pinner was sentenced to death by pro-Moscow rebels on June 9.

Fellow British soldier Aiden Aslin and Morrocan national Saaudun Brahim were also sentenced after being accused of being “mercenaries” when fighting with Ukrainian troops.

Now Russian nationalist MP Aleksey Zhuravlyov, the deputy chairman of the Russian parliament’s defence committee, outlined the alleged execution plans. 

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He told Rossiya 1 state TV that: 'As I was told - the shooting will be performed with a British weapon, and a British bullet.

“And then this bullet will be sent to the British relatives who will be made to pay for it. In roubles, converting from pounds.”

Later responding to TV anchor Yevgeny Popov, he said “we need just to finish these b******s off”.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she would do “whatever it takes” to have the men safely released.

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