Shaun Pinner

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Shaun Pinner
Born	1974 (age 49–50) Bedfordshire, United Kingdom[1]
Allegiance	United Kingdom  United Nations  Ukraine
Service/branch	British Army  Ukrainian Navy  Ukrainian Marine Corps
Unit	36th Separate Marine Brigade
Battles/wars	UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina War against the Islamic State[2] Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Siege of Mariupol (POW)

Shaun Pinner is a former soldier of the British Army who joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a contracted fighter in 2018 and fought during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. During the siege of Mariupol, he was captured and sentenced to death in a show trial by the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed statelet Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), but was freed in September 2022 in a prisoner exchange. In December 2022 he was awarded the state ‘Order of Courage, 3rd Degree’ in a decree by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for “selfless acts in the defence and sovereignty of Ukraine”.