Briton tells of torture in Russian captivity: "Treated worse than a dog"
Created: 09/29/2022, 05:09
This photo shows a placard calling for the release of Aiden Aslin © IMAGO/Dominic Gwinn
After being taken prisoner by the Russians, an English soldier reported on his experiences.
He was probably tortured and forced to sing the Russian national anthem.
Riyadh - A Briton who was released through a prisoner exchange in the Ukraine war spoke in an interview about torture in Russian captivity.
He was repeatedly beaten with a baton during interrogations and forced to sing the Russian national anthem ,
Aiden Aslin told British newspaper
The Sun.
Aslin is one of five Brits who were flown out of Russian captivity to Riyadh on Wednesday.
Ukraine War: British soldier tortured in captivity
The 28-year-old from Nottinghamshire in central England was living in Ukraine at the beginning of the escalating Ukraine conflict and served in the local military.
He was captured in fighting around Kyiv and sentenced to death in June by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk as a mercenary.
Aslin said he was hit in the forehead during an interrogation and then fell to the ground.
An officer knelt down next to him and said in Russian: "I am your death." The man then pointed to Aslin's back.
"He showed me his knife and I realized he stabbed me with it," said the 28-year-old, who showed multiple scars on his back.
According to their own statements, Ukrainian forces repeatedly found bodies with signs of torture during the war.
Ukraine war: Soldier was 'treated worse than a dog'
Aslin said he was locked in a solitary cell with lice, cockroaches and no natural light and was "treated worse than a dog".
The newspaper wrote that his guards "played the Russian national anthem on a continuous loop" and, under threat of further beatings, forced him to stand up and sing along.
Aslin was freed as part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
The prisoners from Russia were transferred to Saudi Arabia.
Ukraine had accused Russia of torture shortly after the exchange.
(AFP)
