Captured Britons put on Russian TV asking Boris Johnson to help free them

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Moscow parades Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, with pair calling for Ukraine to agree prisoner swap

Captured British soldiers Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner.Two British fighters captured inby Russian forces have been paraded on Russian state television asking Boris Johnson to help free them, in a dramatic escalation of the propaganda war.

At the same time as Russia broadcast footage of the two British men, Ukraine’s foreign intelligence service released video of Medvedchuk, nicknamed theIn his appeal to the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, Vladimir Putin and Volodymr Zelenskiy, Medvedchuk asked to be exchanged for the defenders of the besieged city of Mariupol – where Pinner and Aslin were based before their capture – and that any civilians be allowed to leave.

The UK Foreign Office has been contacted for comment. The FCDO has been providing support to the men’s families in recent days but has limited ability to gather information or give consular support on the ground in Ukraine. “A lot’s gone on over the last five or six weeks that I’m not fully aware of. Obviously I understand that Mr Medvedchuk has been detained and we look to exchange myself and Aiden Aslin for Mr Medvedchuk.

 

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