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@obi_jon | 9 June 22 | |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-61726733 Aiden Aslin Aiden Aslin, 28, from Newark in Nottinghamshire, and his family said he moved to Mykolaiv in Ukraine in 2018. He became a marine with the Ukrainian military in 2018, was engaged to marry a Ukrainian, and had made the country his home. The former care worker had also previously fought with Kurdish armed units in Syria against so-called Islamic State. Since his capture, he has appeared in photos and video footage on Russian television in which he looked bruised and swollen as he was questioned. Shaun Pinner Shaun Pinner, is 48-years-old and originally from Bedfordshire. His family said he was a ''well-respected'' soldier in the British Army before he moved to Ukraine four years ago to use his previous experience and training with the Ukrainian military. ''Shaun enjoyed the Ukrainian way of life and considered Ukraine as his adopted country over the last four years. During this time, he met his Ukrainian wife who is very focused on the humanitarian needs of the country,'' they said. Pinner's three-year contract was due to expire at the end of the year and he was planning to enter a humanitarian role in the country, according to his family. |
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@obi_jon | 9 June 22 | |
@ alanball - 9.06.22 - 05:24pm Wasn't you fine with the Ukes executing Russians POWs earlier in the thread? |
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@gt_tdi | 9 June 22 | |
After reading that, they're definitely mercs.
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@headsgone | 9 June 22 | |
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Well all the ex military who thought twice about going will be packing their bags soon enough.
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@obi_jon | 9 June 22 | |
@ gt_tdi - 9.06.22 - 07:12pm After reading that, they're definitely mercs. Both enlisted in the Ukranian army, so technically they're foreign legionnaires, mercenaries are private contracters. |
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@gt_tdi | 9 June 22 | |
@ obi_jon - 9.06.22 - 07:18pm Both enlisted in the Ukranian army, so technically they're foreign legionnaires, mercenaries are private contracters. That's if you believe the cover stories, which I don't. |
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@alanball | 9 June 22 | |
@ obi_jon - 9.06.22 - 07:08pm I explained in the following message and cleared it up that you thought the Ukes executing Russian PoWs was 'understandable' not fine. |
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@budgiesmuggler | 9 June 22 | |
Imagine being captured alive. How embarrassing. Glad they're not my family. I don't think I could live with that shame |
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@obi_jon | 9 June 22 | |
@ alanball - 9.06.22 - 07:46pm I explained in the following message and cleared it up that you thought the Ukes executing Russian PoWs was 'understandable' not fine. I honestly have no recollection of what you're talking about, take that as you will. |
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@alanball | 9 June 22 | |