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Aiden Aslin
British foreign volunteer fighter (born 1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aiden Daniel John Mark Aslin[3] (Ukrainian: Ейден Аслін; born 7 January 1994) is a British citizen who was captured by Russian forces in April 2022 while fighting as a Ukrainian Marine in Mariupol.[4][5] He was sentenced to death on 9 June by authorities of the Russian-backed breakaway unrecognised puppet state, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR),[6][7] for "mercenary activities and committing actions aimed at seizing power and overthrowing the constitutional order of the DPR."[8] He was released in a prisoner exchange in September 2022.[9][10]
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Birth name | Aiden Daniel John Mark Aslin |
Nickname(s) | Rojhat Rojava, Johnny Wood, Cossack Gundi[1][2] |
Born | (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30)[3] Newark, Nottinghamshire, England |
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Years of service | 2015–2016 (YPG) 2018–2022 (Ukraine) |
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Before that, in 2015, Aslin travelled to Rojava, also known as the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). There, he served as a foreign volunteer for the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG), fighting against the Islamic State.[11][12] Aslin was briefly detained upon his return to the United Kingdom.[12] In 2018, he travelled to Ukraine and settled in Mykolaiv, and has applied for Ukrainian citizenship.[3]