Aiden Aslin: Captured, tortured and swapped by Russia
HARDtalk - A podcast by BBC World Service
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Stephen Sackur speaks to Aiden Aslin, the British man who joined the Ukrainian army and was captured, tortured and sentenced to death by Putin’s forces. He got out in a prisoner swap, traumatised but alive. Why did he risk his life for someone else’s cause?(Photo: Aiden Aslin)