Nottinghamshire's Aiden Aslin, one of five Britons released from captivity by Russian-backed forces, says he was told by opposition soldiers he'd die a 'beautiful death'. Aiden returned home to his family in Balderton, Newark, on Thursday (September 22) - after he was set free the day before.
He told The Sun he was beaten, stabbed and forced to listen to Soviet songs in a small cell 24-hours a day. “I never thought I’d get out alive,” he told the paper.
The 28-year-old had been living in Ukraine for a number of years and was serving with its regular forces when the full-scale war broke out. His battalion ran out of food and ammunition during the siege of Mariupol in April, with the fighter phoning his mother and Ukrainian girlfriend before they surrendered to say: “No matter what, I will see you again.”
