British POW who was tortured with electric shocks, beaten and starved by Putin's troops in five-month ordeal while fighting for Ukraine wins lawsuit against Russia

A former British soldier who fought alongside Ukrainian troops before being captured and tortured by Russian soldiers has won a court case against the Kremlin. 

London lawyers and Ukrainian lawyers filed a suit to a judge in Solomyanskiy District Court in Kyiv in October, claiming that Russia owes him money for the way he was treated while a prisoner of war. 

Pinner signed up to be a contracted soldier in Ukraine’s military in 2018, rising through the ranks after serving with the British…