Aiden Aslin has been threatened with the death penalty by his pro-Russian captors
Aiden Aslin was detained in the ruined city of Mariupol as Russian forces levelled the city.
Russia has tried to claim he is a foreign mercenary, and use that to stop him from receiving protection under the Geneva convention. Instead, he was actually part of the Ukrainian army and holds joint Ukrainian citizenship.
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