How I escaped Russian capture | Shaun Pinner

“I was stabbed in the leg, electrocuted, beaten, prodded and tasered.”
Former British army soldier Shaun Pinner was captured by the Russians and held in a ‘black site’ while he was fighting on the frontline for Ukraine
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[@shaemurphy8193]

I appreciate the story, but I wish the title had been more accurate. He did not escape Russian capture. He was released in a prisoner exchange.

[@tipofthespear7182]

Splitting hairs there Shae my lad.🇦🇺

[@gibbs677bg]

@@tipofthespear7182 How so? there's a world of difference between escaping and being released, I guess to make It sound like those evil Russians would have killed him If he didn't get away.

[@jamesdawson2510]

Maybe they should have one of these torture victims speak to the UN, for the ones that want to look the other way

[@MoralScienceEducation]

Very good learning for the UN. People who do have experience and feet on the ground in areas where others do not dare go, should be heard, to lead the ship in the right direction☺️

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@MoralScienceEducationSo the UN which is not interested in Ukraine are going to listen to a mercenary in a ultra Nationalists far right extremist group as Azov Battalion is!

[@tonupharry]

Ruzzia should be booted out of UN then it might function

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

It's complete bollocks, the Russians tortured me, sat in a room safe as houses not a scar in sight. Ukraine are tying hands and double tapping guys, drowning people etc real sick shit.

[@robertatkins9419]

I wish they would - provided they could be properly cross-examined

[@steve-real]

Wow! I do not like torture, horror and disturbing genres but I couldn’t turn this one off. Such a regular guy thrown into complete madness and horror. And comes out relatively ok. Really interesting dude.

[@gloriahoulihan8717]

I wish Shaun Pinner peace in his life and strength to deal with life's problems. May no dark shadows come to him and may happeniness be there when he wakes each day.

[@U.H8]

❤️‍🩹❤️♥️🙏🏻♥️❤️❤️‍🩹

[@ruaridhmacdonald3543]

Great man- would trust him with my life! Slava Ukraine

[@livingtribunal4110]

Your ´life´ is _dogsh!t_

[@MoralScienceEducation]

Thanks so much for your bravery and guiding us. Justice, ethical leadership, and the love for peace are everyone's business🤍

[@robertatkins9419]

Seems that you just decide to blindly believe him - you must be blindly guided by your prejudices. Such a stance has precisely nothing to do with justice, ethics, or leadership. You are a singularly inappropriate person to educate anyone in morals or science.

[@iangillbanks2420]

Ethical leadership????? Throwing young men to their deaths for America is not ethical.. nor is funding the Azov battalion ,who were killing and torturing ,ethnic Russian Ukrainians since 2014

[@theressomelovelyfilthdownh4329]

I grew up during the troubles, excuse me if I don't agree with your vapid adulation of somebody who claims to have served three tours here. The first 24yrs of my life was filled with people like him pointing guns at me, and using every anti-Irish slur. BTW, there are families here waiting 50+ years for justice for their relations shot dead by people just like him.

[@Miamcoline]

Incredible story. Thank you for telling it.

[@JayDeeChannel]

Lucky to be alive.

[@greggcarrier5831]

Thank You for the choices you made and service to the west . Glory unto Ukraine . May God be with you and your loved ones .

[@robertdevos5478]

Glory to the Russian Federation 🇷🇺🤍💙❤

[@judithcampbell1705]

Good luck Sean I hope you have Peaceful dreams every night with you are happy with your life and your family. Thank you for sharing your experience. 💛

[@annamariaesposito2724]

Bravo Sean thank you

[@TARTARIAanEmpirehiddenin-zj5sg]

I see you support [e-mail] murdered Poles, they were much worse than the Germans. The Wolhynia massacre, where Ukrainians murdered Poles. Shame on you n@zi

[@user-rv9iy5ym5o]

Excellent..well done. 😉

[@CheersDits2979]

“So tell me more about your escape” “I was released and met Abromovich” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@James-jl4jt]

Just finished his book. I know this is a cliche but it really was unputdownable. Incredible story

[@FlixTraveler]

Big respect!

[@rickcockcroft5854]

Legend of a man 💪

[@LiberalinOregon]

Shaun, We’re you released to Turkey or to Saudi Arabia? So glad you survived and are telling your story.

[@johnharding7318]

We were flown to Saudi Arabia, where we were met by UK diplomats, members of the FCDO. After medical check-ups and we were then flown to the UK.

[@louis.b333]

Ill buy the book definitely

[@Scenic_beats]

What an absolute flippin Legend 👌🏻

[@seanmoran2743]

Bell end more like

[@user-zf8we7mz7q]

Very very interesting. Thanks.

[@craigjb8740]

What an awesome story

[@Tbone1492]

What was that video cut? I guess he said something wrong lol

[@davelydon1982]

Amazing story 😮

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

'I don't like people who get captured' - DJT

[@tonupharry]

Capt bone spurs made sure he didnt get captured by dodging the draft and refusing to serve his country

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

Yes, Harry.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@tonupharryOK 77th propaganda Harry 😂 Pinner went deliberately to Ukraine as a single man joined a far right ultra nationalist armed extreme group the notorious Azov Battalion! Pinner joined in 2017, not 2018! Was in Moldova walking around the Moldovan capital in 2018 wearing a Azov SS t-shirt!

[@salyluz6535]

@@Robert-xy4xiDo you know this, because you were there with him and saw him, right? No, you’re just a pro fascist, ruSSian propaganda spouting bot. That’s all.

[@IMSiegfried]

@@Robert-xy4xi Oh, no! Not *the* dreaded Azov battalion?!? Lol. Go tell Putin you did his bidding and parroting as instructed. lol

[@rogeri2468]

Shocking treatment whilst he was in captivity.

[@MoralScienceEducation]

Seems any applicable Geneva Conventions need to be reviewed. These may not have been implemented in many countries

[@bony7363]

Yeah, remember Abu Grahib?

[@rogeri2468]

@@bony7363 Abu Ghraib was rogue soldiers. It wasn't official policy.

[@stephenhill545]

​@@bony7363the us army court martialled the perpetrators. Spot the difference.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@MoralScienceEducationPinner was a mercenary in the notorious Bandera far right ultra Nationalist Azov Battalion! He went after Syria in 2017 to join as a single man! He met his wife in Azov, she was a female member of Azov!

[@mishaillich9728]

How little sensitivity these leaders have, Ukraine has suffered the massacre of its citizens with thousands of deaths by an invading country and they ask Ukraine to give in, the question is if their countries were invaded would they also give in? The answer would hardly be the one that they ask.

[@iangillbanks2420]

You do understand Zelensky wanted to call for peace,but the west and Boris Johnson in particular flew out and told Zelensky to fight on. Putin is the one who is willing to talk and always has been.

[@MrKush249]

Good man ! salute

[@user-lx1xe7bq5x]

Russian is here. Nice to watch it. Btw, I have beet to UK, sorry to that British solder, but I am sure he was treated better than others, because he is a rare POW for this war. 😊 P.S. I have not met any Russian who is pro war. Zero, nobody. Only media may be pro. And zero who voted for you know whom.

[@saragois6054]

Sorry, don't belive it. But nice try

[@user-lx1xe7bq5x]

@@saragois6054 🤔 Do not believe what? It is my experience.

[@tipofthespear7182]

Without polling the whole Russian population , which is impossible, I believe you. Please use your beliefs to end this war. 🇦🇺

[@dieseldude8657]

A Gatling gun is a perfect drone killer. A mobile chassis with a phalex system would be better. That Armalite AR 31 is a really good weapon. That would be my weapon of choice.

[@thegbgfamily]

Keep informing about ruzzias systematic torture.

[@Britlurker]

Did Shaun go to Ukraine completely off his own initiative? Or, is he a representative of some British/western state/military entity? Or perhaps he started as the former and ended up as the latter?

[@U.H8]

♥️and🧠💪🏻💪🏻A good and brave man! 💙💫💛

[@TARTARIAanEmpirehiddenin-zj5sg]

@@U.H8 Nasty n@zi banderite. Ukrainians murdered Poles during wwII, they were much worse than the Germans. The Wolhynia massacre, where Ukrainians murdered Poles.

[@tipofthespear7182]

Yes and Yes ! 🇦🇺

[@kurtlee3198]

He was married and living in Ukraine with his wife before Russia invaded

[@MrM-dw9nd]

Maybe watch the video?

[@alangordon3283]

He was exchanged in a swap . How’s that an escape 🤔

[@MrKush249]

If you survive what he and many other innocent Ukrainians have I suggest he feels as though he escaped death when that was on his mind constantly throughout his captivity.

[@seamuspadraigsanders431]

​@@MrKush249 Sounds like propaganda, you seem to be very one minded, you don't seem to be weighing up information from both sides, also you seem to be trying to elicit an emotional response from your comments which is a form of emotional blackmail.

[@DARKSTAR-mn8ee]

This morter guy, MF pinner on video shelling Donetsk's people Republic. He Escaped the death sentence.... For now..🇷🇺👍

[@dougalmaguire2357]

How i was lucky to be spared and fd around and found out by some idiot

[@toi_techno]

Brave man

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Mercenary in the ultra Nationalist far right notorious Azov Battalion!

[@tonupharry]

Talking of Nazis What happened to wagner? Oh yeh they were sent packing they ran away to moscow 😆

[@jacqdanieles]

​@@Robert-xy4xino far-right fascists in ruzZia, right vatnik?

[@TARTARIAanEmpirehiddenin-zj5sg]

@@jacqdanieles N@zi ukrainian 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)

[@joannebottcher9779]

God bless you and your family Shaun Pinner.

[@rockmusicman21]

Russian bots out in full force i see. Salute brave soldier.

[@user-lx1xe7bq5x]

In one year he got 20 years older than when we left him from the prison in Russia. Time in Russia made him look jounger than just one year in UK. Why?

[@MB-xl4cz]

Always remember don't ever forget the Russians cruelty of the Ukrainian people. Ukraine will win 🇺🇦 Thank you too everyone who is helping Ukraine fight for Democracy not only for themselves but Democracy across the world 🌎. We are with you guys 🇺🇲

[@sham27007]

Book promotion?

[@jacqdanieles]

Yes

[@robertdevos5478]

Slava Russia ❤🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺❤🙏☦👍💪🌹🍀

[@andriusbrah]

❤❤❤

[@markdenton8027]

Very wierd that he lived in Mariopol and doesn't pronounce it an an authentic manner.

[@kmg474]

Very weird that you still live in your mum's basement.

[@tonupharry]

Ruzzian clowns are not very funny Bunker Babushka has lost nothing . A mere 277320 kia 8962 armoured veh. 4679 Tanks 6375 artillery pieces 315 jets 316 helicopters And the blacksea fleet and its admiral 😂

[@drecepy6213]

If you believe these numbers,it s clear, that you re a totally brainwashed, uneduceted, blind mainstream media victim...🤡🤣Times Radio is a poor, primitive propaganda channel,a kid would see IT...🤦🤣Back to numbers,but these are proven,and a country, which lost over 5000 helicopters and over 4000 planes and so on against rice farmers, they should be totally SILENT...🤣🤣🤣

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Pinner was in the notorious Azov Battalion!

[@tonupharry]

So what? They are good soldiers Ruzzians see nazis everywhere because due to western help they actually won a war once 😂👍

[@jacqdanieles]

​@@Robert-xy4xiwhile you were in the notoriously Wagner Group 😂

[@robsurname4054]

Julian Assange should be freed

[@robertatkins9419]

Yet another utterly dubious claim. And notice, not once does he lift up his shirt or anything else to show a single scar

[@barryrammer7906]

If he had a stab wound in his leg he should show it. His scared body. I don't know if this man's telling the truth or not, but he could have proved it. I hope he was vetted. Not another USN SEAL want a be.

[@robertatkins9419]

@@barryrammer7906 Exactly, he didn't show a single scar. Anyone can go on tv and claim anything. And if their claim is negative about Russia you can be sure Times Radio will give them a platform to spout it.

[@jaysukhwinder7340]

so being traded is equivalent to escape nowadays ? thanks for the daily dose of propaganda times.

[@dirtyharry6297]

Если кто-то смотрел сериал Игра Престолов , то там есть аналогии 7 королевств (G7) Дайнерис (США) с её 3 драконами Саксонский альянс Ланестеры ( немцы ) Джон Сноу ( Англия ) Ходоки ( зло россия ) 😉

[@barbarcreighton6726]

зло россия .... ! это именно так. . Русские - они дети ДЬЯВОЛА

[@TARTARIAanEmpirehiddenin-zj5sg]

You probably confused them with the Ukrainian Banderites, who murdered over 100,000 Poles in Wolhynia during World War II. The Wolhynia massacre.

[@MrCoconut212]

@@TARTARIAanEmpirehiddenin-zj5sg ok bot

[@Gayzenon]

❤ Ukrainian ❤

[@stephen2975]

It seems the Russians treated hin quite well!

[@michaelmullins3396]

Solar panel head man keeps playing

[@rapture1949]

Who want to emigrate to Russia 😂???

[@U.H8]

💙💙👍🏻💙💙🙏🏻💙💙 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

[@barbarawilson9565]

Yeah Right.....same old crap

[@MrKush249]

russia can’t beat Ukraine how the hell could they fight NATO lmao there whole army in Ukraine would be destroyed in a day 😂

[@dougalmaguire2357]

Where tf have you been nato IS fighting russia lol

[@glendacastillo6504]

What treatment are you expecting? You know you will be torture, not treated like a king.😅

[@olddog3941]

I always expected that kind of treatment! I’ve never said otherwise

[@bryandimery6509]

Hey shawn, you can always go back to mariupol, would love to see you recaptured.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@MrEnigma-cj4wwPinner far right Azov Battalion!

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@MrEnigma-cj4wwOK 😂 77th Bandera propaganda disinformation and public control Brigade!

[@tipofthespear7182]

No doubt will eventually when Russia is driven out in complete and utter defeat and disgrace. How do you like those apples Iven ?

[@bryandimery6509]

@@tipofthespear7182 So....never? I was glad to hear of a story where bad things happened to bad people, usually its one or the other.

[@paulheydarian1281]

Maybe he should consider his vacation destinations more carefully next time. 😵🤪😏

[@bony7363]

Liar

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@JR-nv4tdPinner went after being in Syria to Ukraine to join the ultra Nationalist Stefan Bandera extreme far right Azov Battalion in 2017! Azov was not part of the Ukrainian Army at that time was a armed far right group!

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

​@Robert-xy4xi you're bs's.. oh, the irony

[@TARTARIAanEmpirehiddenin-zj5sg]

​@@JR-nv4td Ukrainians N@zis banderites murdered Poles during wwII, they were much worse than the Germans. The Wolhynia massacre, where Ukrainians murdered Poles.

[@sham27007]

Most Ukrainian men go back and fight but you promote a book.

[@jacqdanieles]

The operative words in that sentence are "most" & "Ukrainian", Einstein.

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

Tell that to the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian men in the uk , France, Germany, Poland etc

[@sham27007]

@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204 you have a pic of racist

[@klawlor3659]

​@@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel72048 million Ukrainians chose to flee the paradise that is Ukraine. Tells me all I need to know about Ukraine!

[@willc9580]

This guys story sounds quite suspect.

[@Realist369]

It’s bs for sure

[@jacqdanieles]

Like your post history ... & the Kremlin simp who replied ahead of me

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@jacqdanielesOK 77th 😂 Hiding the facts that Pinner joined the notorious far right ultra Nationalist Bandera Azov Battalion in 2017, not 2018!

[@sham27007]

You're lucky you were not water boarded? Which is perfectly legal.

[@jacqdanieles]

And electrocution?

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Not the full truth from Shaun! Pinner was in Syria before he went as a single man to Ukraine to join the notorious far right Azov Battalion in 2017!

[@rambonatorrrr6694]

Not true.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@rambonatorrrr6694Yes it is true! Don't try cover up a mercenary in a ultra Nationalist far right extremists armed group!

[@ruaridhmacdonald3543]

Hilarious reply - its the Russians who are Nazis trying to commit genocide on innocents - they think they are entitled to do this. It will be the end of their Empire.

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

Source?

[@saragois6054]

Where's the evidence?

[@grimnir8872]

And yet Shaun Pinner would do nothing for the British people. Always funny that.

[@Britlurker]

Yes. Britain is being invaded right now, has been invaded for decades, but were he to take up arms to defend Britain or even advocate such - he would be in prison.

[@olddog3941]

I served in the British Army for 9 years 🤦‍♂️

[@DARKSTAR-mn8ee]

No to Naziukropnato terrorists. Glory Freedom and Victory for the DPR and LPR Russian federation and allied forces 🤗❤️🇷🇺👍

[@nutterz641]

Bot/Troll detected. 😂

[@Realist369]

@@nutterz641clueless fool ,who only knows what he’s programmed to know

[@jacqdanieles]

2 years into a 3 day "special" operation 😂

[@DARKSTAR-mn8ee]

@@jacqdanieles hello again 🐷💩🤡. You still getting you're knickers in a twist?....😁🇷🇺👍.

[@DARKSTAR-mn8ee]

@@jacqdanieles 🐷💩🤡, do you remember that name I gave you the time? Eight or nine months ago 😁😂🤣🤣🇷🇺👍

[@user-pj1yr2ds3m]

Maybe if theres a next time I hope you've learnt your lesson. Just right come home write a book do a few interviews make more than a few pounds. Bottom line its all about money. Think of Zelensky going all a round the World with a begging bowl. It's all about money.

[@olddog3941]

Ha ha like I planned it!!!! Make me laugh.

[@Robert-xy4xi]

No surprise Pinner is going to Canada after being in the notorious Bandera far right Azov Battalion! Seems the ultra far right is hailed in Canada currently!

[@mikedon5205]

Stut up you hypocrite.. Ffs Utkin founder of wagner was a devoted follower of nazism even naming his group after Hitlers favorite composer wagner .. Yet here you are rabbiting on about Azov as if nazis didn't also exist on russian side

[@tonupharry]

I hear putin has his own putler youth program . Little blond kids being brought up to hate anyone not ethnic ruzzian . I wonder where he got that idea ? Bunker Babushka forgets what happened to the other bunker guy with the funny moustache 😄

[@jacqdanieles]

Say hello to Dmitry Utkin, krembot

[@saragois6054]

Orc=nazi

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@jacqdanielesOK 77th brigade 😂

[@irenes.2807]

Thank you for your service and for fighting on the side of freedom, justice, and the right to live in one's own sovereign country! 🫂🖖🇺🇦Live long and Prosper

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Yes the Banderas 😂

[@irenes.2807]

@@Robert-xy4xi I hope you see Banderas coming for you in your dreams every night...🤣

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@irenes.280777th propaganda brigade 😂

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@irenes.2807Is great how the yazteess are just covered up now 😂

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Far right yatzee Azov Battalion recruiting British men that have neo yatzee beliefs! The Guardian newspaper June 2018!