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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Matthew Cooper

Captured Brit Aiden Aslin was planning to quit army and get married, family say

The family of a British man captured while fighting with Ukrainian armed forces say using videos of prisoners of war is in breach of the Geneva Convention.

Relatives of Aiden Aslin have spoken of their distress at TV footage of him shown on Russian television - and that he was planning to quit the army before war broke out.

His family also denounced claims that the 28-year-old is a "volunteer, a mercenary, or a spy" as propaganda issued by the Kremlin.

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