Mr Aslin’s 25-year-old brother, Nathan Wood, told The Telegraph: “I think it’s quite disturbing to see his condition. Especially given the fact that they had to surrender peacefully, it is alarming to see this wound on his head. “
As the meal ran out, Mr Aslin also called his friend Brennan Phillips, 36, an American, on Tuesday. He told Mr Phillips that his commander was planning to surrender and he would destroy his phone.
Mr Phillips said: “The last thing he told me was, ‘Please don’t let them forget about me.’ He said Mr Aslin was a former caregiver for the elderly and disabled and had volunteered “for the right reasons”.
On Thursday night, Robert Jenrick, Mr Aslin’s MP in Newark, accused Russia of violating the Geneva Convention, telling The Telegraph: “I am very concerned about the safety of my constituency, Aiden Aslin, whom I have known for many years.
“The Russian authorities must treat him properly. The use of images of prisoners of war for propaganda is completely unacceptable. “
Russia, meanwhile, said on Thursday that the damaged flagship of its Black Sea fleet had sunk after Ukraine claimed it had hit the ship with missiles. The Kremlin said the Moscow crew had been evacuated after being set on fire by an explosion of ammunition. Western officials are questioning this explanation for the damage.
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the strike as a “large-scale moment” in the war. A senior US official said several other Russian warships off the coast of Ukraine had moved further out to sea since the incident.
“Moscow” – the warship that was told to “go alone” on the first day of the invasion by provocative Ukrainian soldiers, provided air cover to the rest of the fleet.
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