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Aiden Aslin
Aslin in 2021
Birth name
Aiden Daniel John Mark Aslin
Nickname(s)
Rojhat Rojava, Johnny Wood, Cossack Gundi[1][2]
Born
(1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30)[3] Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Allegiance
Rojava Ukraine
Service/branch
Syrian Democratic Forces
Ukrainian Navy
Years of service
2015–2016 (YPG) 2018–2022 (Ukraine)
Unit
People's Defence Unit 36th Separate Marine Brigade
Battles/wars
Syrian Civil War
Rojava conflict
War against the Islamic State
Russo-Ukrainian War
War in Donbas
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Siege of Mariupol
Aiden Daniel John Mark Aslin[3] (Ukrainian: Ейден Аслін; born 7 January 1994) is a British citizen who was captured by Russian forces in April 2022 while fighting as a Ukrainian Marine in Mariupol.[4][5] He was sentenced to death on 9 June by authorities of the Russian-backed breakaway unrecognised puppet state, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR),[6][7] for "mercenary activities and committing actions aimed at seizing power and overthrowing the constitutional order of the DPR."[8] He was released in a prisoner exchange in September 2022.[9][10]
Before that, in 2015, Aslin travelled to Rojava, also known as the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). There, he served as a foreign volunteer for the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG), fighting against the Islamic State.[11][12] Aslin was briefly detained upon his return to the United Kingdom.[12] In 2018, he travelled to Ukraine and settled in Mykolaiv, and has applied for Ukrainian citizenship.[3]
^"An Interview with a British Fighter in Donbass - Cossack Gundi". 2 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
^George, Grylls; Parker, Charlie (12 April 2022). "Briton Aiden Aslin 'surrenders' in Mariupol as he runs out of food". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^ abc"Freed British POW with Ukrainian State Award Now Blocked from Schengen Zone". 24 April 2023.
^"Aiden Aslin: Family's 'distress' at video of captured Briton". BBC News. 14 April 2022. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Newark's Aiden Aslin is alive but he may still be in besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol". Newark Advertiser. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^Jones, Sam (27 January 2015). "Ukraine fighting points to Russia designs for puppet state". Financial Times. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^"Russia marches on uninhibited in eastern Ukraine". The Washington Post. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^"Death sentence for 3 foreign fighters given by Russian proxy court". Nikkei Asia. 12 April 2022. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"Britons held by Russian forces in Ukraine released". BBC News. 22 September 2022.
^"Aiden Aslin: Captured Brit in Ukraine appeals against death sentence". The Independent. 12 April 2022. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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^ abCite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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