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Daily Mirror
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Amy Sharpe

Family of Brit captured in Ukraine furiously deny Russian claims he's a spy

The brother of a hero Brit captured by Russians while fighting for Ukraine hit out last night at claims he is a spy – and begged the UK Government to do more to get him home.

Nathan Wood called on the Foreign Office to act after the Kremlin branded Aiden Aslin, 27, an enemy agent rather than a prisoner of war.

Aiden, from Newark, Notts appeared to have been beaten up when he appeared on video after his capture in the besieged city Mariupol.

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