A British ex-prisoner of war captured in eastern Ukraine revealed he was stabbed and beaten before being told by a Russian officer: ‘I am your death.’
Nottinghamshire-born volunteer Aiden Aslin, 28, was punched in the face when he told his captors that he is British.
Aiden finally arrived home on Thursday after five months of torture and exploitation, which included being handed a death sentence after a sham trial in Russian-held Donetsk.
Home safe: Aiden (right) posted a picture to Instagram on the plane home alongside fellow ex-hostages Shaun Pinner (second from right), John Harding (left) and Dylan Healy (sat behind)
Aiden promised Ukrainian girlfriend Diane Okovyta that he would see her again. But during the five months in solitary confinement, he admitted: ‘I never thought I’d get out alive’
He told The Sun: ‘I never thought I’d get out alive.’
The former care worker, from Newark-on-Trent, described the moment a Russian officer stabbed him and smiled.
Aiden said:…
