Dylan Healy, 22, and Andrew Hill, 35, were both captured by Russian forces in April before being charged.
A DPR source told TASS:"Criminal cases have been initiated and charges were presented for against British citizens Dylan Healy and Andrew Hill, currently in detention in DPR.
"Investigation operation are underway as the investigators look for evidence of the crimes, committed by the British, because they do not want to testify and refuse to cooperate on their criminal cases." A video broadcast on Russian television in April featured a man speaking in an English accent who appeared to give his name as Andrew Hill from Plymouth.According to a pro-Kremlin website, Mr Healy and Mr Hill will face the same mercenary charges as British military volunteers, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner.at a DPR court in June.But on Thursday, the European Court of Human Rights intervened in Mr Aslin and Mr Pinner's case.
Mr Aslin and Mr Pinner have been living in Ukraine since 2018 and maintain they were legitimately serving with the country's military - meaning they should be entitled to protections given to prisoners of war.
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