Aiden Ashlin, 27, was first seen handcuffed in a photo posted on a Kremlin-backed Twitter account that referred to him as “an English mercenary who fought alongside the Nazis in Mariupol,” according to The Telegraph. The Nottinghamshire man – the UK’s first known prisoner of war – was later called “disgusted” as he confronted Russian state television and was asked if he was responsible for the killings. “I do not know,” he replied nervously in English. “I did not fight.” A Twitter account with Aslin’s nickname, Cossack Gundî, also shared a picture, noting the marine’s bloodied forehead and injured eye. “Once I get that, it looks like they’ve got Eden. “The king’s blisters have also strained his face,” the website said of the image, which showed the former caretaker’s typical tattoos, including one with a cross that read “Happy days”. “We will stay in the public eye every day until it is exchanged,” the bill promised. The British Aiden Aslin was arrested by Russians while fighting for Ukraine in the city of Mariupol. Twitter / @cossackgundiPhotos of Ashley in custody were posted from a Kremlin-backed Twitter account. One of Aslin’s friends confirmed to the Telegraph that he was a UK national who joined the Ukrainian Marines in 2018 after moving there to be with his fiancée. As a registered member, he is not a mercenary. Before delivering on Tuesday, he sent one last message to his Twitter account. “48 days have passed, we did everything we could to defend Mariupol, but we have no choice but to surrender to the Russian forces. “We do not have food and ammunition,” he said, according to the page. “It was fine for everyone. I hope this war ends soon.” Aslin joined the Ukrainian Marines in 2018 after moving to the country.Twitter / @cossackgundi The Kremlin later claimed that 1,026 Marines – including 162 officers – had waved the white flag “as a result of successful attacks by the Russian armed forces and militia units of the Donetsk People’s Republic”, referring to pro-Russian insurgents. Before the photo surfaced Wednesday, a Tennessee-based U.S. soldier who fought alongside Aslin in Syria in 2015 admitted he feared the worst. “I’m worried he’ll be tortured, I’m worried he’ll be killed … he’ll be distorted as a foreign mercenary or part of a paramilitary organization,” Brennan Phillips, 36, told the Times. of London. Ashlin last wrote on Twitter that “he had no choice but to surrender to Russian forces.” Twitter / @cossackgundi “They can use any excuse to abuse him. This is what worries me the most. “We are not dealing with people who follow international rules – citizens are a fair game, hospitals are a fair game; systematic rape of women,” said Phillips, who had regular contact with his British friend during the war. . He stressed that it was not only the Russians who were threatening war crimes – “the Chechens are even worse,” he told the British newspaper.
