British Fighter Aiden Aslin Captured By Russians In Mariupol Paraded In Handcuff

Posted by Thandiubani on Fri 15th Apr, 2022 - tori.ng

Aiden Aslin, 28, appeared exhausted as he was marched out on Kremlin state TV with a big red mark on his forehead and a swollen eye.

A British fighter has been captured in Ukraine by Russia.

According to Dailymail, the family of the man identified as Aiden Aslin, 28 have been left in tears after he appeared bruised and battered while being paraded in handcuffs on Russian TV.

Aiden Aslin, 28, appeared exhausted as he was marched out on Kremlin state TV with a big red mark on his forehead and a swollen eye - days after his unit surrendered to Russian forces in Mariupol.

Back home in Nottingham, moments after seeing the disturbing pictures, Aiden's brother Nathan Wood, 25, told MailOnline: 'It is so shocking for our family to see Aiden in that state. What have the Russians done to him? He looks awful, absolutely exhausted. His face is drained of colour.

'How has he got such a big red mark on his forehead? That looks like he's been hit with a rifle butt.

'But however horrible it is to see him in such a state, it does show that he is still alive and that is giving us as a family some slight relief.

'I would appeal again to the Russians to treat him well and humanely.

'I would also appeal to the Foreign Office to do all they can to ensure that my brother is kept safe. Each day that he's in Russian hands is a worry for us. The longer it goes on, the worse it'll be for him.

'There is no doubt now that he has been captured. I had hoped talk of his unit surrendering was just a smokescreen but the images now clearly show he's in Russian captivity.

'He looks to be in an office somewhere. I don't know when and where exactly he surrendered but he could be being held at a marine base in Crimea.

'I've not spoken to him since a few days ago when he called early in the morning to say he was laying down arms due to a lack of food and ammunition.

'We've had no more contact and now it's a race against time really to get him back in Ukraine or Britain.'

Aslin, known by his social media alias Cossack Gundi, moved to Ukraine in 2018 after falling in love with a woman from Mykolaiv and joined the nation's armed forces.

For weeks he had been fighting Russian forces in Mariupol as a fully paid member of Ukraine's army, but surrendered to the invaders two days ago after his team ran out of supplies and ammunition following 48 days of conflict in and around the besieged port city.

After seeing the pictures of Aslin in Russian captivity, Aiden's mother said today: 'It's Aiden I can't deny it. It's him.

'They are his tattoos. There is a faint hope it is a doctored image but I can't see it. I now hold Vladimir Putin to the terms of the Geneva Convention.

'Aiden is a serving member of the Ukrainian armed forces and as such is a prisoner of war and must be treated with humanity.

'It already looks like he has been beaten up. It is time now for the British Government to get involved. and help secure Aiden's release because he is still a British citizen.

'Possibly there is hope for a prisoner swap arranged by the Ukrainians. I'm in bits. My son will be scared just as we are.'