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Captured British fighter Sean Piner parades on Russian television News

A second Briton captured in battle in Ukraine was paraded by cheerful Russian media.

State television NTV showed a video of 48-year-old Sean Pinner, who looked broken, and said he had served in Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade, “which surrendered a few days ago.”

Aiden Aslin, a Briton who fought with Piner in the besieged port of Mariupol, was shown handcuffed and bruised in a video released last week.

Only Piner’s head and shoulders, in a blue long-sleeved top, could be seen in the new video, where he looked seated. He spoke clearly and without emotion. No obvious injuries were seen.

NTV quotes him: “We were in the industrial zone of Mariupol. A decision has been made to leave