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A second British fighter has been captured by Vladimir Putin’s forces ahead of being shown on Russian television.
Former British Army soldier Shaun Pinner, 48, was serving as a “contract soldier” with Ukrainian forces in Russian-occupied Mariupol as the area has been decimated by bombing.
He claims to have been there for five or six weeks before appearing on the broadcast with no visible injuries, giving information about his service.
He told journalist Andrey Rudenko on the military TV channel: “I’m Shaun Pinner. I am a UK citizen. I was captured in Mariupol. I am part of the 36th brigade, 1st Ukrainian Marine Battalion.”
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“I fought in Mariupol for five or six weeks and now I am in the Donetsk People’s Republic.”
The video was part of an interview with Andrey Rudenko, who works closely with Russian state television.
The clip posted on Twitter carried the caption: “Another mercenary was captured in Mariupol. Shaun Pinner is an English mercenary.
“He says that he no longer needs the war and that he wants to go home. He will not come home ».
It was announced today (Saturday April 16) that Pinner is now facing questioning by the Russian Investigative Committee, but he allegedly told the Russians that he “doesn’t want war and wants to go home.”
Concerns were raised for his safety, as it was feared that he might be treated as a spy after having also been fighting in Ukraine.
His fate remains in the hands of Russian officials.
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The fighter is said to be the second British soldier captured by the Kremlin after the April 12 seizure of Aiden Aslin, a former social worker.
The 28-year-old, who was also questioned on television, was forced to surrender along with the rest of the unit from Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade when they ran out of ammunition and food after being cut off.
Looking exhausted, and with a nasty cut on his forehead, Aiden was questioned about his combat duty.
“Tell me, did you kill people?” the interviewer asks, to which Aiden replies, “I don’t know…” before adding “I didn’t fight.”
Pinner used to fight for the Royal Anglian Regiment of the British Army
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When asked if he saw how people were killed, Aiden looks off-camera, as if trying to remember something, before replying “no”.
Russia accused Aiden of being involved in artillery attacks on children and said he “will face justice” in the breakaway Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Aiden MP Robert Jenrick said: “I am very concerned about the safety of my constituent. Using images of prisoners of war for propaganda is wrong and contravenes the Geneva Convention.”
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