Mother urges release of captured Briton in Ukraine

British man caught  by Russian troops while fighting in Ukraine called for him to be treated with “humanity” and freed, said the mother on Friday.

Russian television late Thursday aired images of Aiden Aslin handcuffed and with a cut on his forehead,

Aslin’s mother, Ang Wood, said the British newspaper she knew it was her son  by seeing  his distinctive tattoo.

“Aiden is a serving member of the Ukrainian armed forces, and as such is a prisoner of war and must be treated with humanity,” she was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

She holds Russian President Vladimir Putin “to the terms of the Geneva Convention,” she added.

“It already looks like he has been beaten up. It is time now for the British government to get involved and help secure Aiden’s release because he is still a British citizen,” she said.

London is aware that a British citizen is detained and is in contact with his family, said a source aware of the matter, stressing that the current situation in Ukraine seriously restricts Britain’s ability to obtain information and provide consular assistance.

“I’m in bits. My son will be scared, just as we are,” Wood told the Telegraph.

In videos circulating on social media and carrying the logo of Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT, the young man appears to imply that Ukraine is prolonging the conflict.

His grandmother, Pamela Hall, slammed the clips as “propaganda,” Britain’s domestic Press Association reported.

The newspaper has  reported that Aslin, known by his first name as Johnny, Have joined the Ukrainian military back in 2018 and bought a house in Ukraine to start a family with his fiancée.

He recently  fought alongside the Kurds against the Islamic State group in Syria, the newspaper claimed.