Pictures on Russian television showed Aiden Aslin, 28, originally from Nottinghamshire, being handcuffed with a cut on his forehead. Ashlin, who is believed to have fought with the Ukrainian Marines, told his family days ago that they had no choice but to surrender because they had run out of weapons. A Russian state television channel broadcast footage, originally posted on social media, showing Aslin as a prisoner. Pamela Hall’s grandmother said on Friday: “It’s propaganda. Ukraine is his adopted country. He is engaged to a Ukrainian lady, they live together. “He was going to get married this month and they were talking about setting up a new home together, children – great-grandchildren in my case.” Ang Wood, the British mother, called on the Kremlin to treat her son as a prisoner of war in accordance with international rules and for the British government to “bring down Putin”. Wood told the BBC: “He called me and said they had no weapons to fight. I love my son, he is my hero. They gave a hell of a fight. can you [Johnson] “He has to oust Putin.” She said she recognized her son from photos released in Russia because of his tattoo features. “It’s Aiden, I can not deny it. “It’s him,” he said. “I’m in pieces. “My son will be scared just like us.” He added: “I now respect Vladimir Putin on the terms of the Geneva Convention. Aiden is an active member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and therefore a prisoner of war and must be treated with humanity. “It simply came to our notice then. “It’s time for the British government to step in and help Aiden’s release.” Aslin has been defending the besieged city of Mariupol with his unit during heavy fighting in recent weeks. But after 48 days, he said he had to surrender. “We have no food and no ammunition,” he wrote in a Twitter account. “It was fine for everyone – I hope this war ends soon.” Writing on Twitter about a photo of Ashley in captivity with a swollen eyelid and a bruised forehead, a friend posted: “Fucking bites have strained his face as well. We will stay in the public eye every day until it is exchanged “. The UK Foreign Office has not yet commented. Aslin claims to have joined the Ukrainian Marines in 2018, four years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Aslin previously fought for the Syrian Kurds YPG against the Islamic State for about a year since spring 2015. He returned to Britain the following year and was arrested by Nottinghamshire police under counterterrorism law, as was the routine for foreign fighters returning from Syria.
