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The History PodcastTwo Nottingham Lads: 4. Last Days in the DonbasAfter a show trial in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Aiden Aslin has been sentenced to death. He endures months on death row, where his days are filled with further propaganda videos and psychological torment. But in September 2022, his life takes an abrupt and unexpected turn: he is hooded, and led onto a truck, awaiting what his captors term a ‘Russian Surprise’.After making his video with Aiden, Graham Phillips faces his own reckoning. Their story becomes big news in the UK, and possible legal consequences of Graham’s actions become all too real. Will he be able to...
2026-01-1429 minThe History PodcastTwo Nottingham Lads: 3. Six Weeks in MariupolThe full-scale invasion of Ukraine begins in February 2022, and Aiden Aslin finds himself fighting on the frontline. After a desperate retreat towards the port city of Mariupol, Aiden spends six harrowing weeks defending the massive steelworks, the final sanctuary for Ukrainian forces. As food and ammunition ran out, Aiden is forced to make an agonizing choice.Graham Philips was in the UK when the full-scale invasion began, but quickly makes it back to the Donbas to continue his reporting. And it is not long before he makes his biggest scoop to date: the interview with Aiden Aslin.
2026-01-0730 minThe History PodcastTwo Nottingham Lads: 2. Damascus to DonetskAiden Aslin and Graham Philips take very different routes to get to that prison in Donetsk in 2022 – but their journeys cemented their destinies in Ukraine.For Aiden, his evolution from young truant to soldier takes place in the crucible of war in Syria – volunteering for the free Kurdish forces fighting against ISIS. But after trouble with the British state on his return, another conflict called: Ukraine. Aiden’s time fighting in the Donbas war confirms his commitment to the country, and leads to him being at the heart of some terrifying events.Meanwhile, Graham is becomi...
2025-12-3129 minThe History PodcastTwo Nottingham Lads: 1. From One Nottingham Man to AnotherDonetsk, April 2022. Two men find themselves face to face in a prison building. One is a prisoner of war, captured fighting for Ukraine. The other is a self-styled independent journalist, filming an interview for his online audience. But these two men are not Ukrainian. They’re British – and they were both born in Nottingham.Graham Philips had been documenting the growing war in the East of Ukraine since 2014, amassing thousands of followers keen to see the war from what appears to be a pro-Russian viewpoint. Aiden Aslin had been fighting for Ukraine since 2018, but was captured not long a...
2025-12-2430 minThe History PodcastTwo Nottingham Lads: TrailerAiden Aslin from Nottingham had been fighting for Ukraine since 2018. Graham Phillips, from the same British city, was a self-styled ‘independent journalist’ filming the war up close since 2014, from a viewpoint that appears to be sympathetic to Russia. But just months after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the pair had a chilling encounter in a prison in the occupied city of Donetsk. Aiden was now a prisoner of war, and Graham was his interviewer. The 44 minute video filmed by Graham Phillips was uploaded to YouTube - changing both of their lives forever.Two Nottingham Lads begins with this...
2025-12-1103 min
Voices from the Front PodcastCAPTURED: Inside Ukraine’s POW Camp - Aiden Aslin & Myself Meet Captured Russian Soldiers🎙️Voices from the Front — We Returned to a POW Camp, This Time We Were on the OutsideWhat happens when two former Ukrainian POWs return to confront the very system that once held them?In this exclusive report, Aiden Aslin and I travel inside a Ukrainian POW facility to meet captured Russian soldiers — men fighting for the same state that tortured and tried to break us.This isn’t propaganda.This isn’t filtered state media.This is raw, unfiltered reality from the war Russia doesn’t want you to see.Since publishin...
2025-11-0345 min
Voices from the Front PodcastTHE ONE THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY: Vjekoslav Prebeg, Mariupol Defender tells his epic escape & evasion story.🎙️ Voices from the Front — Prebeg is a Croatian veteran and Ukrainian Marine who became one of the most high-profile foreign POWs in Russia’s war against Ukraine. A former soldier in the Croatian Army, Prebeg joined Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade in 2020, serving in Mariupol when Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. During the brutal siege of Mariupol, Prebeg and his comrades endured weeks of relentless bombardment, dwindling supplies, and encirclement by Russian forces. In April 2022, as the city’s defenses collapsed, he was among a group of Ukrainian Marines who attempted a daring breakout from the encirclem...
2025-10-242h 12
Urban Warfare ProjectInside the Fight for MariupolWhen Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February, one of their first targets was the city of Mariupol. The battle that followed is an epic story of resistance in which a very small number of Ukrainian fighters defended the city for over eighty days against a Russian force five to eight times their size, preventing the Russians from diverting to other parts of Ukraine. In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Aiden Aslin, a British citizen who took part in that battle and was captured by Russian forces there in April 2022. His experiences offers a unique view of how t...
2024-01-0554 min
The InterviewAiden Aslin: Captured, tortured and swapped by RussiaStephen Sackur speaks to Aiden Aslin, the British man who joined the Ukrainian army and was captured, tortured and sentenced to death by Putin’s forces. He got out in a prisoner swap, traumatised but alive. Why did he risk his life for someone else’s cause?(Photo: Aiden Aslin)
2023-10-2222 min
BFBS SitrepUkraine’s army of drones takes war to MoscowUkraine’s President Zelensky says it’s ‘inevitable’ that war is returning to Russia, and two drone strikes on a Moscow skyscraper look like an attempt to prove the point.Professor of Defence Studies Michael Clarke explains why he’s worried by this, and we assess whether it makes any strategic sense.Ukraine is manufacturing, and using up, thousands of drones every month. Svitlana Morenets in Kyiv tells us about getting hands on with the ‘army of drones’ programme that is also training thousands of operators.And British man Aiden Aslin, who went to fight Daesh...
2023-08-0333 min
Battleground74. Putin's Prisoner: Life in CaptivityJoin us for the second part of our extraordinary interview with Aiden Aslin - the British national captured by Russian forces after the siege of Mariupol. In this part of his gripping story he describes the brutality of his time in captivity, where he was violently beaten and was forced to conduct recorded video interviews for propaganda purposes, before finally, he was released as part of a prisoner swap deal.If you have any thoughts or questions, you can send them to - battlegroundukraine@gmail.comProducer: James HodgsonTwitter: @PodBattleground
2023-08-0256 min
UkrainecastAiden Aslin: Life after a Death SentenceAiden Aslin, the British prisoner released by Russia, discusses his time behind bars, receiving the death sentence and his plans to return to Ukraine.Also, Africa correspondent Andrew Harding and Beverly Ochieng from BBC Monitoring in Nairobi discuss the Russia-Africa summit and the continent’s relationship with the Kremlin.And what does Yevgeny Prigozhin’s reappearance in St Petersburg tell us about President Putin’s position of strength?Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The seri...
2023-07-2830 min
This Is Why'This is how I die': British fighter tortured by pro-Russian forces in UkraineBritish man Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, but following the Russian invasion in February 2022, he was called up to the frontline in Mariupol. After two months of resistance at the city's steelworks, Aiden and his battalion ran out of supplies. Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over 1,000 Ukrainian troops. Singled out for his British passport, Aiden was brutally interrogated, turned into a propaganda tool, tried by a kangaroo court and then sentenced to death. Aiden was held in Russian captivity for six months, before being released last year in a...
2023-07-2819 min
Sky News Daily'This is how I die': British fighter tortured by pro-Russian forces in UkraineBritish man Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, but following the Russian invasion in February 2022, he was called up to the frontline in Mariupol. After two months of resistance at the city's steelworks, Aiden and his battalion ran out of supplies. Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over 1,000 Ukrainian troops. Singled out for his British passport, Aiden was brutally interrogated, turned into a propaganda tool, tried by a kangaroo court and then sentenced to death. Aiden was held in Russian captivity for six months, before being released last year in a...
2023-07-2819 min
Battleground72. Putin's Prisoner: Inside the Siege of MariupolIn this episode Saul and Patrick speak to Briton Aiden Aslin, who travelled to Ukraine in 2018 and enlisted with the Ukrainian 36th Naval Infantry Brigade. He describes his time on the frontlines in the Donbas before the full scale invasion was launched in February 2022, when he was deployed to Mariupol. Aiden was then surrounded by Russian forces in the Siege of Mariupol where he describes what it was like in the vast steel works complex in the final days of the siege before his surrender to Russian troops.Join us next week for the s...
2023-07-2650 min
The Rig Biz PodcastBONUS - Aiden Aslin - How Roman Abramovich Helped Him Escape 6 Months Of Non-Stop Russian Torture & The Death Penalty!Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long siege and running out of supplies, Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over a thousand Ukrainian troops, in April 2022. Then his real ordeal began.Singled out for his British passport, Aiden was interrogated, tortured, stabbed, turned into a propaganda zombie, tried by a kangaroo court and then sentenced to death. A victim of a catalogue of abuses of international law, Aiden struggled to cling on to any hope of survival. Certain that he was going to be executed, he was eventually freed in a prisoner exchange and permitted...
2023-07-2429 min
Download High-Quality Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Law & PoliticsPutin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine by Aiden Aslin, John SweeneyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine Author: Aiden Aslin, John Sweeney Narrator: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Slack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Law & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol. Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a...
2023-07-2005 min
Escape To The Most Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook Today!Putin's Prisoner by Aiden Aslin, John SweeneyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/5663to listen full audiobooks.
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Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol. Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long siege and running out of supplies...
2023-07-207h 54
Listen to Trending Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MilitaryPutin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine by Aiden Aslin, John SweeneyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine Author: Aiden Aslin, John Sweeney Narrator: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Slack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol. Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long...
2023-07-2005 min
Full Trial Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsPutin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine by Aiden Aslin, John SweeneyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/683389 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine Author: Aiden Aslin, John Sweeney Narrator: Steve John Shepherd, Paul Slack Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 54 minutes Release date: July 20, 2023 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol. Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks...
2023-07-2005 min
Project Archangel - Der Weg des KriegersS1 Ep. 101 - Droht ausländischen Freiwilligen in der Ukraine als Söldnern die Todesstrafe?Mittlerweile gibt es schon mehrere ausländische Kämpfer die von pro-russischen Verbänden gefangengenommen wurden. Russland hatte bereits angekündigt, diese freiwilligen ausländischen Kämpfer als Söldner einzustufen und nicht unter den Schutz der Genfer Konvention zu stellen, sondern sie wie Kriminelle zu behandeln. Nun wäre es möglich, dass unter anderem Sean Pinner und Aiden Aslin, zwei britischen Staatsangehörigen, in der Volksrepublik Donetsk der Prozess gemacht wird. Als Höchststrafe droht ihnen die Todesstrafe. Inwieweit dies mit internationalem Völkerrecht vereinbar ist...und ob das überhaupt einen Unterschied macht, darüber versuc...
2023-04-0632 min
Sweeney TalksEXCLUSIVE Sweeney Keeps Talking: Aiden AslinFind out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Aiden Aslin, the British-born former soldier who was captured by Russian forces whilst fighting in Ukraine. Available exclusively on Global Player.
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2023-01-1600 min
Sweeney TalksAiden Aslin: Prisoner of WarDetained, tortured, stabbed, and sentenced to death. This is Aiden Aslin’s astonishing story, from the heart of the conflict in Ukraine. Aiden fought with the Ukrainians and was captured by Russian forces during the siege of Mariupol. After a normal childhood in Nottinghamshire and ambitions to be a policeman, how did he find himself a prisoner of war? And how did he survive it?
This episode contains detailed descriptions of torture and violence which some listeners may find distressing. If you are affected by anything you hear in this episode and need support please see the suggested helpline and we...
2023-01-1659 min
Sweeney Keeps TalkingBONUS: John Sweeney on Aiden AslinFind out what John Sweeney really thinks about his interview with Aiden Aslin, the British-born former soldier who was captured by the Russian army whilst fighting in Ukraine. This episode is available exclusively on Global Player. Listen and subscribe to Sweeney Talks on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode contains detailed descriptions of torture and violence which some listeners may find distressing. If you are affected by anything you hear in this episode and need support please see the suggested helpline and website links below.
2023-01-1613 min
Ukraine: The LatestPutin planning another offensive on Kyiv & the ordeal of freed prisoner Aiden AslinDay 296. Today, as Moscow launches yet more strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv, we discuss suggestions by Ukraine's top commander that Russia is plotting another offensive on Kyiv.Plus, Senior Foreign Correspondent Roland Oliphant recalls his interview with Aiden Aslin, the dual British and Ukrainian volunteer marine who was captured by Russian forces while fighting in Mariupol. Read: Aiden Aslin on life in Russian prison: 'He said he’d stabbed me. I just went into survival mode', by Roland Oliphant. Contributors:Claire Hubble (Host). @ByClaireHubble on Twitter.Dominic Nicholl...
2022-12-1655 minUrban Warfare ProjectA Firsthand Account of the Battle of MariupolWhen Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February, one of their first targets was the city of Mariupol. The battle that followed is an epic story of resistance in which a very small number of Ukrainian fighters defended the city for over eighty days against a Russian force five to eight times their size, preventing the Russians from diverting to other parts of Ukraine. In this episode, John Spencer is joined by Aiden Aslin, a British citizen who took part in that battle and was captured by Russian forces there in April 2022. His experiences offers a unique view of how t...
2022-11-2554 min
Popular FrontLife as a Prisoner of War in the Donetsk People's RepublicIn this episode we speak to international volunteer and Ukrainian soldier Aiden Aslin. He tells us about his experience this year being captured and tortured by Russian backed separatists in east Ukraine. For the second half of the interview go to: https://www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.patreon.com/popularfront - www.popularfront.co - www.twitter.com/jake_hanrahan - www.instagram.com/popular.front
2022-11-181h 11
2022-11-1851 min
Combat StoryPrisoner of War | Ukraine Marines | Tortured in Captivity by Russia | Aiden Aslin (Round 2)Join our weekly Combat Check-In Newsletter (www.combatstory.com/newsletter) to get a short email from Ryan for people who love and support our veterans, service members, and their families. It has info on a significant event in military and/or intel history, a funny military joke, an update on a current event I'm following, something I'm doing that week in my life, a book I'm reading, a look at an upcoming interview, a reflection on a past episode and more! This is the true and frightening Combat Story of Aiden Aslin, a British citizen fighting for the Ukrainian military...
2022-10-292h 08
The Russia-Ukraine War ReportRussia Ukraine War Update Podcast - Interview with Yewleea, Voice of United24, Journalist and EducatorThe Malcontent News Russia-Ukraine War Update is a truth-based, fact-checked update on events happening on and off the battlefield in Ukraine. Our team reviews hundreds of sources of information a day to help you stay informed. Today, David Obelcz sits down with our special guest Yewleea, the voice of the Ukrainian channel United24, journalist, and educator.Yewleea and David discuss Ukrainian history, how the Kremlin manipulates the past into propaganda, her interviews with Azov defenders Tork and Aiden Aslin, and how the Donbas was turned into a flash point that erupted into total war.If...
2022-10-2447 min
SputnikMore Truth about the Weapons Sent into UkraineGUESTMark Sleboda - International Relations and Security Analyst | Zelensky Fires SBU Officials, Treason Charges, and Intelligence Failures in Ukraine John Mark Dougan - Former US Police Officer, and Citizen Journalist in Russia | Globalists Using Proxy Wars, Brittney Griner, and Aiden Aslin In the first hour, Lee and Jason Goodman spoke with Mark Sleboda about the treason accu...
2022-07-201h 49
Combat StoryCombat Story (Ep. 78): Ukrainian Marine | Recon Commander | Come Back Alive Foundation Leader | Taras ChmutJoin our weekly Combat Check-In Newsletter (www.combatstory.com/newsletter) to get a short email from Ryan for people who love and support our veterans, service members, and their families. It has info on a significant event in military and/or intel history, a funny military joke, an update on a current event I'm following, something I'm doing that week in my life, a book I'm reading, a look at an upcoming interview, a reflection on a past episode and more! Today we have a more timely Combat Story where we sit down with the head of...
2022-06-1143 min
Inside Russia ReportRussia Has "Almost Ceased To Suffer Losses" as Major General Dies in UA - Inside Russia ReportRussia has practically ceased to bear losses in Ukraine, said Kartapolov
State Duma deputy Kartapolov: Russia minimized losses in Ukraine by changing tactics: https://tinyurl.com/2c6fboga
The State Duma announced the reduction of losses in Ukraine after a change of tactics
The head of the Duma Defense Committee, General Kartapolov, said that the country had almost ceased to suffer losses in the military operation after it changed its tactics of warfare. The Ministry of Defense has not reported casualty data since March 25: https://tinyurl.com/28u77uft
2022-06-0515 min
Inside Russia Report🚨🇺🇸 US Mercenary 🇺🇸🚨 Captured in Donbas Region!? - Inside Russia ReportVideo circulating Russia appears to show the passport of an American Citizen accompanied with the claim that this individual has been captured by the Chechens in the Donbas region of Ukraine: https://t.me/iEarlGreyTV/351
Desperate family of British soldier beg Putin not to carry out 'dire' threats about captured westerners after the Ukrainian Army unit he joined SURRENDERED in Mariupol because they ran out of food and ammunition: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10712653/Captured-British-soldiers-family-beg-Russian-forces-treat-humane-dignified-way.html
Aiden Aslin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiden_Aslin
2022-04-1413 min
Inside Russia ReportBrit Mercenary Captured. Ukrainian Video Response. Chem Drones Captured by RU - Inside Russia ReportLiz Truss has ALOT to answer for as there are 'Fears for British fighter as unit surrenders to Russians in Mariupol'.
Aiden Aslin, 27, told friends that he had run out of food and ammunition while defending the city.
Mr Aslin, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, is a member of the 39th Brigade Ukrainian Marines having taken an oath to defend Ukraine after completing training in 2018.
The former care worker Mr Aslin, passed on a message to his followers through a friend, tweeting: “It’s been 48 days. We tried our best...
2022-04-1312 min
Combat StoryCS#61: Fighting ISIS in Syria and Russia in Ukraine Freedom Fighter | Fought ISIS in Syria | Fought in Ukraine | Ukraine MilitaryJoin our weekly Combat Check-In Newsletter (www.combatstory.com/newsletter) to get a short email from Ryan for people who love and support our veterans, service members, and their families. It has info on a significant event in military and/or intel history, a funny military joke, an update on a current event I'm following, something I'm doing that week in my life, a book I'm reading, a look at an upcoming interview, a reflection on a past episode and more! Today we hear the Combat Story of Aiden Aslin, a UK citizen who deployed multiple times...
2022-02-051h 34