Captured Briton John Harding appears via video in Ukraine.
A British man has appeared on video calling for help from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he appears to be held captive by pro-Russian separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine.
John Harding, who is in his fifties and originally from Sunderland, was being interviewed by a Russian TV presenter.
In the video, he calls for help from the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Boris Johnson.
And he says he’s been told he could face the death penalty.
Harding was reportedly captured in May while fighting with the Azov Regiment, part of the Ukrainian National Guard, when Ukrainian units defending the southeastern city of Mariupol were forced to surrender.
Friends and family of Mr Harding confirmed it was him in the video and his family is being supported by the Foreign Office.
He had been fighting in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine since 2018.
He previously said he had traveled there to use his skills as a combat medic to help fight pro-Russian rebels.
Separately, two other British men, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who were also captured in Mariupol, have been sentenced to death by a Russian court.
