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⚡️Assassination attempt reported on judge who sentenced UK fighters to death.

Oleksandr Nikulin, a judge of the illegal Russian-installed “supreme court" in occupied Donetsk, is currently in critical condition following an assassination attempt, Novaya Gazeta Europe reported.
The newspaper cited the illegal occupation government in the region. In June Nikulin chaired a panel of judges who sentenced to death three foreign fighters defending Ukraine — U.K. citizens Sean Pinner and Andrew Hill, and Moroccan citizen Saadoun Brahim.

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