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Russia sentences Briton who it says fought for Ukraine to 13 years in a prison camp

Hayden Davies, 30, was convicted by a Moscow-installed court in Donetsk for fighting with Ukraine's International Legion and sentenced to 13 years in a Russian penal colony.

  • On Thursday, the supreme court in Donetsk convicted Hayden Davies, British citizen, and sentenced him to 13 years at a maximum-security penal colony, prosecutors said.
  • Hayden Davies had travelled to Ukraine in August 2024 to sign a contract with the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine, receive training, and fight in Donetsk, prosecutors said he was paid $500 a month.
  • A video released by prosecutors showed Davies in a Russian propaganda video earlier this year discussing NATO volunteers, Colombians, lack of training, and another showed him inside a metal cage.
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A court in the occupied part of Ukraine's Donetsk region sentenced British citizen Hayden Davies to 13 years in prison on Thursday for fighting against Russia on the side of Ukraine. The British Foreign Office criticized the verdict, saying Davies was not a mercenary and should be treated as a prisoner of war.

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"Hayden Davies, a 31-year-old Britishman, is accused of fighting for Kiev on the Ukrainian front. Captured by the Russians, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for "mercenarism". "Fake accusations", has fustigated London. - Ukraine: a British man sentenced by the Russian justice to 13 years in prison for "mercenarism" (International).

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The Sun broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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