A British soldier fighting alongside Ukrainian troops in the besieged city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine said his unit has no choice but to surrender to the Russians.
Aiden Aslin (28), who moved to Ukraine in 2018 and has been fighting in the war, said forces have run out of supplies with Russians closing in.
The former care worker moved to Ukraine in 2018 after falling in love with a woman from Mykolaiv, a city near the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. In a message posted via a contact on Twitter, Aslin said:
It’s been 48 days, we tried our best to defend Mariupol but we have no choice but to surrender to Russian forces.
We have no food and no ammunition. It’s been a pleasure everyone, I hope this war ends soon.
We’re putting this out after direct consultation with his family.
Until we’re told otherwise we’ll continue working on sharing the facts of the war. Hope for a prisoner exchange.
Aslin, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, is now in his fourth year with the Ukrainian armed forces.
He was due to get married this Spring and complete his service in September.
When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February, Aslin was stationed in the Donbas region where separatists and the Ukrainian military have been fighting since 2014.
when soviet union placed missile systems in cuba in 1960 america attacked cuba
when usa illegally invaded iraq iran and afghanistan no one condemned them
What Russia wants is not war but security guarrenties that nato expansion to the east stops
if moscow or china or north korea places troops and military equipment in mexico usa will see act of war and respond with destructive effect
God help Ukraine but You cant mess with a lion if you are a cat
Russia is sending a warning to all ex soviet states that you are all coming home and no one is saying no
USA,Uk and its allies will not help you as they know Russia has powerful allies e.g China India North Korea Pakistan Brazil and whole of middle east
please nato stop messing with Russia and you should remember that they have 7000 nukes