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Former Australian soldier killed in Ukraine while working for humanitarian organisation

The 28-year-old died last week from injuries he suffered near the city of Izium in eastern Ukraine, according to reports

The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2025

‘Emotional’ outpouring from Ukraine after death of British bomb disposal expert

Christopher Garrett, 40, was killed near Izyum on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

UK government vows to do all it can to help Briton captured by Russia

Foreign secretary offers support for James Scott Rhys Anderson, who was fighting for Ukraine reportedly in Kursk

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024

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‘One goal is to destroy Ukrainian identity’: the haunting images of Russia’s prisoners of war

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, its forces have detained and tortured thousands of fighters and civilians. Here, the photojournalist Zoya Shu recounts five years of documenting their stories

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024

'I feared being shot while held captive by Russians then unlikely man saved me'

British soldier Aiden Aslin spent months on 'death row' waiting to be executed after being caught by Russian forces fighting for Ukraine - but was finally saved by an unlikely figure

Daily Mirror · Jul 9, 2023

Brit fighter captured in Ukraine shares horror of being electrocuted in Russia torture

Shaun Pinner was captured during the fall of Mariupol and sentenced to death by local Russian-backed forces who tortured him including shocking him with a cattle prod after they found out he was a West Ham supporter

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

5 times Russia has broken international law from grim torture to lung-busting bomb

Friday marks one year since tyrant Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops cross the border into Ukraine in one of the 21st century's most destructive and vicious military invasions

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2023

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Two UK men missing in Ukraine including 28-year-old volunteer

Chris Parry, from the South West, and Andrew Bagshaw have not been seen since Friday

Wales Online · Jan 10, 2023

Freed British hostages tortured by Russia reunited and honoured at Ukraine Embassy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky marked Defenders Day by thanking troops, promising victory over Russia’s President Putin, meanwhile the British PoWs were honoured at the embassy in London

Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022

Hostage delivers final message to daughters of dad who did not make it

Paul Urey died after being captured by Russian separatists in Ukraine

Liverpool Echo · Oct 2, 2022

Captured Brit waterboarded and Tasered by sadistic Russians in months of torture

Dylan Healy has spoken of the months of torture, including beatings and waterboarding, that he suffered after being ambushed by Russian troops alongside fellow aid worker Paul Urey in Ukraine

Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022

Freed British hostage delivers tragic final message from aid worker to his daughters

Dylan Healy and Paul Urey were ambushed while they undertook an aid mission in war-torn Ukraine. The nation is continuing to fight against Vladimir Putin's invasion

Daily Mirror · Oct 1, 2022

Pro-Ukraine British soldiers reveal ‘very scary’ Russian prison ordeal after safe return to UK

Liz Truss had backed Britons volunteering while she was foreign secretary but later withdrew her support

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022

British prisoner of war freed from Russian captivity says he was ‘expecting to be killed’

‘I was expecting I’d be killed or spending years there,’ says Aiden Aslin

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022

British man released by Russia says he was ‘treated worse than dog’

Aiden Aslin recounts how he was beaten, stabbed and asked whether he wanted quick or ‘beautiful’ death

Nottingham Post · Sep 25, 2022

Aiden Aslin says he was stabbed in Russian captivity and told would die a 'beautiful death'

'It was literally a matter of surviving'

Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022

Brit captured by Russians beaten, stabbed and forced to listen to Soviet music all day

Aiden Aslin was one of five Brits recently released from captivity by Russian-backed forces and he has revealed the horrific ordeal he went through including torture and being stabbed

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2022

Freed Briton Aiden Aslin opens up on traumatic Russian detention

Aiden Aslin was beaten, stabbed and forced to listen to Soviet songs in a small cell 24-hours a day

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The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2022

Freed British fighter admits he did not think he would survive captivity

Aiden Aslin was beaten, stabbed and forced to listen to Soviet songs in a small cell 24-hours a day.

Daily Mirror · Sep 24, 2022

British PoW Shaun Pinner celebrates escaping execution with egg McMuffin at home

British soldier Shaun Pinner, who was captured six months ago while fighting in Mariupol with the Ukrainian army and sentenced to death by firing squad, is back home with his family

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2022

Saudi foreign minister defends role in securing Ukraine prisoner swaps

Adel al-Jubeir decries as ‘cynical’ accusations his country was trying to improve its image after Khashoggi killing

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Britons freed from Russian captivity in Ukraine ‘evacuated by Roman Abramovich on his luxury jet’

Billionaire told he looked like Roman Abramovich, to which he replied, ‘That’s because I am him, sir’

Manchester Evening News · Sep 23, 2022

Brits freed from Russia captivity welcomed onto flight by Roman Abramovich

John Harding revealed that Roman Abramovich had played a "key part" in their release

Daily Mirror · Sep 23, 2022

Brit freed from captivity says Roman Abramovich welcomed them onto plane

A British man who was released this week after capture by pro-Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine says he was welcomed onto a flight to freedom by ex-Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Briton freed from captivity says Roman Abramovich welcomed them onto plane

John Harding said Mr Abramovich identified himself to Shaun Pinner.

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