Aiden Aslin: Prisoner of War

Sweeney Talks

Global

Society & Culture, Politics, Government, News

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Detained, 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 website links below. Samaritans helpline: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/ https://www.ptsduk.org/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helplines/ https://combatstress.org.uk/ https://www.freedomfromtorture.org/what-we-do/therapy-and-support

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0:00.0	This is a Global Player original podcast.
0:06.0	Please be advised that this episode contains detailed descriptions of torture and violence,
0:11.9	which some listeners will find distressing.
0:14.6	If you've been affected by anything you hear in this episode,
0:17.5	please check the episode notes for a list of help and support.
0:23.8	Welcome to Sweeney Talks. It's a podcast series where I get to interview people who've done
0:28.1	serious stuff with their lives and then got into trouble. Big trouble. I'm not here to lecture them
0:34.6	about that. I'm kind of a professor of big trouble ology myself.
0:38.8	I've got history with the Church of Scientology, North Korea,
0:43.2	Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Tommy Robinson, and the Russian army.
0:49.6	I'm here to find out what it feels like to be in the deep doo-doo.
0:55.0	How you survive it. And then how the hell you get out of it.
0:59.0	If you've been in trouble, you're not alone.
1:02.0	So, come along for the ride.
1:05.0	You might learn some new tricks.
1:07.0	You might have a laugh, but one thing is sure.
1:10.0	The best stories aren't told by the world behaved.
1:17.8	And once you've listened to the interview, you can hear what I really think about it.
1:21.6	In Sweeney keeps talking.
1:23.5	Find that exclusively on Global Player.
1:31.1	Today, Find that exclusively on Global Player. Today's guest is a British lad from Nottinghamshire, who ended up fighting for the Ukrainians in the siege of Maripol.
1:39.0	Outgunned, his battalion surrendered, and he was captured by the Russian army, beaten up, tortured, pressured to
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