Prisoner of War | Ukraine Marines | Tortured in Captivity by Russia | Aiden Aslin (Round 2)
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- This is the true and frightening Combat Story of Aiden Aslin, a British citizen fighting for the Ukrainian military who was taken as a POW and then beaten and stabbed by his Russian captors for over five months.
Listeners will recall our first interview with Aiden from Feb 5th, 2022 ( • CS#61: Freedom Fighter... ), just weeks before the Russian invasion where he predicted what would come after two deployments to the frontlines in Ukraine and significant fighting in Syria.
Aiden was fighting on the front lines in the Donbas region of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, when Russia, completely unprovoked, invaded Ukraine. His unit fell back to the steel factory Mariupol where it was surrounded by Russian and Donetsk People’s Republic (or DPR, which is Russia’s foot soldiers and lackeys in Donetsk).
Out of food and ammunition, Aiden’s unit would eventually surrender to the Russian military which promptly handed Aiden over to the DPR for regular beatings and violations of the Geneva Convention which surprised nobody.
In our interview, Aiden recounts the harrowing experience of being on the frontlines when Russia invaded and how he survived captivity, without any of the advanced training that people like myself received regularly while in service to survive and escape these situations to return with dignity.
I’m sure you will be amazed at Aiden’s spirit and strength that pulled him through this difficult time and it will be a stark reminder for each of us that our day-to-day problems are not as hard as we might think when compared with what he endured.
As you can imagine, I was elated to hear of Aiden’s release in September and was nearly brought to tears after seeing his face again as we started this interview. Please enjoy this rare glimpse of hope and optimism from someone who survived a history-altering invasion and months in captivity as a modern-day POW as much as I did.
Definitions:
You’ll hear a reference to “GRADS” which is a mobile artillery vehicle used by the Russians that fire 122mm rounds (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BM-21_G....
You'll hear DPR, which is the Donetsk People’s Republic.
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- Intro Song: Sport Rock from Audio Jungle
Show Notes:
0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Guest Introduction (Aiden Aslin)
2:59 - Interview begins
8:19 - Fighting on the front lines February 24, 2022 when Russia invades Ukraine
37:47 - Knowing they were encircled
50:33 - Being on the receiving end of an air strike
56:52 - Choosing to surrender and live
1:01:20 - Steps taken while preparing for surrender
1:09:09 - Being processed by Russion military after surrender
1:22:33 - Interrogations and beatings and getting stabbed
1:30:28 - Keeping spirits up in the cell
and making propaganda videos
1:38:30 - False charges and getting sentanced to death
1:41:50 - What kept you going?
1:48:14 - Returning with dignity
and being POW in the era of technology
1:56:04 - What did you want to do when you had your freedom?
2:02:43 - Are you going do anything differently now?
2:06:52 - Listener comments and shout outs
This video covers the following subjects:
- Prisoner of War
- Ukraine Marines
- Tortured in Captivity by Russia
- Ukraine Military
- Ukraine War
- POW
- Modern POW
Aiden Aslin is a British-born dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Ukraine who was captured by Russian forces in April 2022 while fighting as a Ukrainian Marine in Mariupol. He was sentenced to death on 9 June by authorities of the Russian-backed breakaway unrecognized puppet state. Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) for "mercenary activities and committing actions aimed at seizing power and overthrowing the constitutional order of the DPR. He was released from Russian captivity in a prisoner exchange in September 2022.
If you would like to learn more about Prisoner of War, Aiden Aslin I suggest you look into our various other video clips: / @combatstory
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Really appreciate the time stamps, not a lot of people do this but it helps so much. Keep bringing the great content!
I’m glad to see he made it out. I was very worried after hearing of his capture.
I’ve waited months to learn of Aiden and his fellow captive heroes, praying for their survival and return to Ukraine or elsewhere to a democratic country
I’m so very grateful I came upon your vlog, and for his survival. Thank you for this interview! 👏🙏What a heroic effort he and his mates made at Mariopol.
🏅Live safe and well, dear hero! ❤
God bless you, aiden; and thank you, Ryan, for bringing his story to us. 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇺🇸
That's 4 lives out of 9 I guess
Thank you Mr. Aslin. For everything!
Talk about a lucky fucking guy.
Bravo Aiden, you are an amazing human being. I wish you the opportunity you desired with your tormentor.
I was wondering when you would have him back on again! And voila, there it is. Good stuff. Aiden is a tough cookie.
Like Mike Tyson said. Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth!
Great interview the world needs to WAKE UP!
Wake up to what exactly????
Yeah, wake up to what? You can't make a comment without explanation!
I remember listening to the first interview, and I was concerned for him.
Guardian angels. I hope you find the best days of life ahead of you. RIP to all those left behind. Maybe time to take up fishing or photography and raise the fam. Thank you for sharing. Lotta heart.
Please get Ken Ree on!
Fascinating interview! Aiden must be an incredibly strong character to get through this and to be able to calmly talk in detail about what happened to him and still retain a sense of humour. The experience would break most people. Really glad he made it out alive in the end.
Aiden knowing who tortured him is terrifying Finding him on social media this guy has to be terrified if he watched this
Great interview!
Damn. This dude is a fkn legend. What a terrible thing to experience.
It’s impossible to overstate that. Incredible.
Great interview. Would be nice to get more people who fought in Ukraine on the show.
Im surprised how lighthearted u are about it... i have nothing bad to say about your captivity... ppl who would, say smth... they dont know russians.
What a story!
The accent has thrown me off as being Ukrainian, so he is British? I’m glad Ryan asked the question about sere training, this could have been a game changer.
An Englishman by the sound of the it
He’s from England originally, but moved to Ukraine a couple-few years prior to Russia’s invasion (and Served with Ukrainian armed forces the whole time he was there i believe, as in not just at the start of this wider conflict)
He literally says in the first lines of the video, and there’s a massive British flag in the background….
he fought in syria and then ukraine
Fantastic interview. Thank you
Appreciate it brother. Aiden's an amazing person. Love to hear how he's going back to keep up the fight!
Good to see the liberal use of proper English from Aiden...'Sh*t, F*ck, B*llocks and C*nt!'... spoken like a true Brit!... Good sense of humour from Aiden. Hope his new endeavours are a success!
Yep. One of the best bits of the interview was the use of the Queens English
Nice
Absolute legend, thanks for everything you've done for Ukraine. We won't forget 🇺🇦✊🏻
Slava Russia! Glory to the double-headed eagle!
genuine question, why present a british passport at all in a situation like this?
I would imagine because he wasn’t a full Ukrainian citizen and was the never given a Ukrainian passport but I’m not sure
History has no higher judge..logistics was a concern for Roman lords.. I told a British Officer in Iraq, under arty shelter, 'Do a bounding overwhatch with 2 sniper trams eliminitaing targets on contact with drone support '
Russian forces withdraw from Kherson in major Kyiv victory Wed, Nov 9, 2022
War is pure evil
May you have a long and happy life, I hope you do get the chance to run into your guy, who stood in the corner, and apply his just deserves, Semper Fi , my friend.. MstGnrySgt, Webb-USMC
"LIKE" !!!!!!!!!!!
Just the sort of man I would hope to be alongside in the worst things...Thank you Sir.. Wow, 'pretty cool but like fykin drums'🤭
Ryan if you still have contact with aiden can you ask him if he knows who, or what happen to a American who went over there to fight and train by the name of graddy kerpas. I served under him back in 13-15. And last I heard his unit was over run and people got taken. But no word on his condition or location.
One could see the russian build up in the staging areas on the media back in the States. Belarus too was staging russian equipment, ....so that means a Blits will happen, as it did.
Thus should be interesting. EW is no joke.100% MI6 have been all over aiden.
Russian trolls are already here.
The loyalists to western news media are already here....
You need more help, the "Russian bots" are winning. And you're losing, as losers do.
Nah not trolls.
The bull💩 in the comments and from this interview is astounding.
@@J67844 It certainly is a lot of nonsense.
@@J67844 Why don’t you educate us on the truth then.
@@J67844 The Putler bot is big in you
Algorithm.
I have contacts in Russia. What's that guy's information (from interrogation)? There's no reason not to share it. Stuff can be done... Justice can be served. Just need the information open!
Aiden recently published the name of the officer who beat & stabbed him on his instagram.
@@FayeClegg do you know what his instagram is?
B.S.
There's another guy called aiden who went to fight in Syria.......he's still in a British prison right now? With no chance of getting out.....what's the difference?
Why no chance of getting out? Was he an ISIS volunteer?
@@andrewrobertson3894 No, he went to go and fight ISIS
@@andrewrobertson3894 aiden james is his name
@@nickjohnson710Ok. Obviously I don't know the details but it doesn't really sound like he should be in prison
@@andrewrobertson3894 there's articles on Google about him
The guys a grifter.
I’m not saying I agree with Russia invading but saying it was unprovoked is a huge stretch
You gave yourself away with the "completely unprovoked" comment
like instagram like hollywood like fantasy like totally
I love this channel and it's contents. However, how can we say Russia attacked un provoked? The more we expand NATO especially unto the borders of a "super" power what choice did Russia have? We have been training UAF for years and evidence that they and Azov planned an attack of their own upon the Donbas. I have zero dogs in this fight, I'm 100% red white and blue. We need to close our own borders and protect our own FIRST
unfortunately he survived. so we have to listen to him again. Shame.
PMC Wagner are the most experienced on the Russian side specializing in search and capture of targets.
If firefighters fight fire. And crimefighters fight crime. What do freedom fighters fight? Freedom?
nice first grade logic lmfao.
@@YetiTurmoil first grade logic is this thinking we (allied nations) should be backing Ukraine into ww3. The US is bleeding Ukraine dry in this proxy war. If you don't understand the huge American influence in Ukraine you won't understand why Russia cannot have Ukraine running unchecked on their border. It's pretty basic when you cut through the media garbage.
Natural language is messy. If you want to use a logically consistent and uniform language you will need to look into constructed languages like lojban.
I don’t think we should be referring to the Russian invasion as “unprovoked”…. That’s the equivalent of saying that if China moved several combat battalions to the US/Canadian border and had several chemical weapons facilities right across the border that the US should sit idly by or encourage it
Go on keep encouraging and making excuses for the bullies of the world. 🤡
Whatever helps you sleep at night 😂
Chemical weapons facility? You’re massively indoctrinated by the Kremlin. I feel sorry for you.
Why aint you back in Ukraine on the frontline Aiden?
You pretty cocky now! Go back mercenary!
Take the interviewer with you.
I sense you’re a very confused young man
Come to Ukraine. I’ll even give you the avenues to enlist. No? I didn’t think so. You wouldn’t last a day))) with my unit you wouldn’t last a minute. I’d love to see it.
🛎 end
Hahaha the chain smoking in combat gahahaha if it wasn’t chewing tobacco it was cigarettes lmao