The ordeal of freed prisoner Aiden Aslin | Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast

Day 296. Today, as Moscow launches yet more strikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv, we discuss suggestions by Ukraine's top commander that Russia is plotting another offensive on Kyiv.
Plus, Senior Foreign Correspondent Roland Oliphant recalls his interview with Aiden Aslin, the dual British and Ukrainian volunteer marine who was captured by Russian forces while fighting in Mariupol.
Read Aiden Aslin on life in Russian prison: 'He said he’d stabbed me. I just went into survival mode', by Roland Oliphant: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-new...
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Claire Hubble (Host). @ByClaireHubble on Twitter.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on Twitter.
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[@thattubesound2214]

Every day, I hear another account of how Russian "soldiers" have treated POW and civilians. I cannot find my way to any conclusion other than to be convinced that the Russian military, and indeed Russian society, are utterly irredeemable. There can be no punishment, no suffering, no poverty for Russians that would be sufficient to pay for the evil that they have brought to bear on Ukraine. I pray that they begin to feel that suffering and poverty sooner, rather than later. Slava Ukraini! God bless the United Kingdom! From Utah, USA.

[@hb1338]

Please don't include all Russians on your hit list - punish only those who have been shown beyond reasonable doubt to have behaved so badly. We must not let ourselves be dragged down to the level of some of their troops.

[@garydirksasu]

I have been following Ukraine The Latest from Arizona, USA. May God bless UK and Ukraine.

[@luffebassen]

Its my favorite propaganda channel as well. It keeps me in the dark. Its great

[@warmblood8016]

They just banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Why would God bless them?

[@heater5979]

Horrific. I hope we can track those murderous thugs down and deliver them justice.

[@luffebassen]

Yes Washington needs to pay for their constant wars they create all over the world. Good point buddy. I agree

[@sigmasix3719]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑good job 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@warmblood8016]

You'd first have to find out if what he says is true or not. The propaganda is flying.

[@heater5979]

@@warmblood8016 Yeah. Meanwhile there are so many stories of Russian atrocities coming from all kind of other sources that we have little reason to doubt this one. Propaganda is indeed flying, so is a lot of truth.

[@goatmealcookies7421]

I hope that the monsters who unleashed the Russian evil into Ukraine will be held accountable. The bravery and courage of the Ukrainian people and soldiers is inspiring. Slava Ukraini! Heroyam slava!

[@vera2573]

Изверги - это те, кто сидит в Вашингтоне и Лондоне. Всё зло от НАТО. Везде, где есть НАТО разрушения и смерти. Слава Великой России! Слава Православию! Слава великому многонациональному народу России! Нет фашизму! Нацизм на Украине будет уничтожен!

[@danielhowe5410]

So when the Ukrainians were attacking the separatists and shelling Eastern Ukraine as well as removing all Russian language etc as far back as 2004 and Ukraine refused to implement the Minsk agreements and killed thousands of civilians and separatist militia, when the coup happened and the previous president was ousted, when Russia wanted to negotiate and Angela Merkel signed the Minsk agreements not in good faith but to play for time whilst nato arms and trains 100,000 Ukrainians soldiers and the entire collective west is happy to trickle weapons into Ukraine and continue the war as long as it takes, to the last Ukrainian... Its Russia that's aggressive. The agreements and promises made when the soviet Union fell were broken and the needless of expansion of nato has been opposed by Russia for more than 30 years but was also non negotiable. Nato that carpet bombed a country in Europe in 1990 and killed tens of thousands of civilians and whose countries have perpetrated over 100 military interventions since 1990 and left 70 million displaced by war, has broken countless peace agreements and has perpetuated poverty with economic warfare across the globe. Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Serbia, the list goes on and on. Helping the Saudis by supplying weapons, Intel and support in the Yemeni war. Currently funding the kurdish rebels in the middle East has funded many other terror groups including Al qaeda in the 1980s, the last time Russia had a war that wasn't on its borders... So yes. Those monsters. Maybe value the lives of the Ukrainians more than the land they lived on? Few wars have ever been truly necessary. And of all countries involved only one of them has started two world wars and killed over 10million civilians and unspeakable atrocities.

[@sumiland6445]

God bless and protect Ukrainians and ALL WHO DEFEND UKRAINE 💛💙💜💙💛 🇺🇦 🌏 🇺🇸

[@sigmasix3719]

😂😂😂😂😂👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻🇺🇦🇺🇦😨😨😰😰🥶🥶❄️❄️💀💀💀shiver Ukraine

[@liannegeorge2881]

@@sigmasix3719😂 clown

[@alicecovey982]

Listen most days from Halfway, OR, USA. I feel it is the best place for me to get news of Ukraine. Thanks

[@Bill_Garthright]

Here in America, I listen to these and feel so sorry for the people of Ukraine - and sorry that I can't do much of anything about it. (Yeah, I donate to Ukrainian charities, but it's only a drop in a bucket.) And I feel guilty with my good life - safe, warm, and comfortable. All I can do is offer my support - and keep voting here, so that my government keeps supporting Ukraine, too.

[@irina2973]

😢😢

[@oleksii8182]

Been listening for a while now from Kyiv while in the military. I have to disagree on the subject that their airstrikes aren't working because we shoot most of them down. They are achieving their goal of destroying vital infrastructure, even if ineffectively. But many people in the west never really understood that effectiveness had never been a part of Russian military tactics. They're okay with spending tens of thousands of shells, hundreds of rockets and an infinite number of people as long as the objective is met.

[@georgemacdonell2341]

Think adolf could have took 'em if it wasn't for lend-lease... I don't know how long it will take for them to run out of something.

[@oleksii8182]

@@georgemacdonell2341 it was a different time and a different war. But yes, the USSR would likely have collapsed on its own or they would cancel each other out.

[@robbiemitchell1601]

I have been following your podcasts regularly from South Africa. They represent the highest standards of journalism. South Africans are very divided in their attitude to the war. To demonstrate this, on the day of the invasion, the Ministor of Foreign Affairs immediately condemned the invasion and called upon the RF to withdraw its troops. She was then chastised by the smooth-talking president to adopt a more pro-Russian stance. The deputy president (a frequent visitor to Russia) wrote a rather pathetic article, supportive of Russia. The support for Russia stems from an inbuilt anti Weast sentiment with its origins in the freedom struggle combined with conflation of the Russian Federation and the Soviet Union. That Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, seems to be lost on them. Russian propaganda is also readily swallowed as fact. South Africa trades principally with the West and to some extent with China and India. Trade with Russia is minimal. There is talk that the ruling party, the ANC receives large donations from a Russian oligarch. I am personally very grateful to Western countries for the support that is being given to Ukraine. A Russian defeat is the only thing that will bring peace.

[@tome4589]

It's the free people of the world against totalitarianism.

[@considerthis7712]

@28 mins. I cannot believe the guy had been beaten for hours upon hours, also stabbed in shoulder and survived.

[@brendanoneil3489]

actually not that uncommon to be stabbed in a fight and only later realise there is a stab wound, I know a doorman that felt a punch in his side, only when his clothes were all wet dd he think he's wet himself, then he realised. Stabbed by a woman from behind, although not life threatening.

[@warmblood8016]

I cannot believe it, either because it's not true.

[@zeke546]

I'm a cuban American college student in south Florida, followed Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion this year but tuned in since july or August and haven't missed a day since

[@luffebassen]

ok bot

[@markbrandl7906]

Listen almost every day since mid-July from North Carolina, US; great stuff, keep it going. Slava Ukraini!

[@josepht3548]

Its my fav podcast covering Ukraine.

[@willibrordusa.vanderweide2962]

So poor !!

[@luffebassen]

Its my favorite propaganda channel as well. It keeps me in the dark. Its great.

[@grahamfitzjohn]

This was one of the most moving episodes I can remember .

[@thewomble2351]

It is so unfair that Putin can only be dispatched once.

[@luffebassen]

🤡

[@liannegeorge2881]

Hell won’t be much fun for him though 🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💋

[@luffebassen]

@@liannegeorge2881 There wont be room for him down there due to all of the UkroNazis taking up space

[@liannegeorge2881]

@@luffebassen oh yeh fool keep sprouting ya Kremlinmlin lies. The whole world knows the truth 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@luffebassen]

@@liannegeorge2881 What truth is that?? 😂

[@Griffintheelder]

I´m following this channel from the Netherlands since inception, it is my foremost source of independent journalism that does not propagate nonsense but rather prefers to fact filter.

[@klaasdeboer8106]

Ik ook.

[@abatesnz]

@@klaasdeboer8106 Ik ook van Nieuw Zealand.

[@Maja-Danmark]

En ik ook. Groetjes uit Denemarken

[@scottn1405]

Only hoodwinked fools would see this source as independent journalism. In 3-5 months they will be running for the exits

[@klaasdeboer8106]

@@Maja-Danmark Hilsner fra Amsterdam!

[@rickwalker9464]

Excellent coverage. I have been listening from Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA.

[@luffebassen]

Its my favorite propaganda channel as well. It keeps me in the dark. Its great

[@alanchristensen5735]

Remember the heroes who are prisoners of war in Russia. Slava Ukraine from the United States.

[@luffebassen]

How are things going on GITMO?? Oh right...lets forget about that! 🤡

[@tonycowley9246]

Please consider 7 days a week reporting listen every day except Sat and Sunday brilliant coverage 👍

[@Maja-Danmark]

In Denmark, the word of the year was announced today: Kyiv.

[@luffebassen]

No it was not. I live in Denmark and are Danish! We dont support those UkroNazies

[@defuse56]

If I could have only one source of commentary, *Ukraine The Latest* would be it!

[@warmblood8016]

Low standards?

[@catc8927]

How messed up do people have to be to do what they did to Aidan? Something is horrifically wrong in Russia to give state sanction to such sadism. I really hope the prisoners of war all get good PTSD care afterwards in addition to medical assistance.

[@sylviahutchison5203]

It is so sad but if Russian people think this is happening to their people they may complain but there will no sympathy from anywhere because they turned blind eye to when it happened to non Russians. Russians need to open their eyes and see what Putin is doing.

[@flipperspro69]

It’s jaw dropping what he when through and I am sure all the prisoners under Russians have a story to tell. What they do and why they do it, can’t be justifiably. Ukrainians don’t deserve what they are going through at this present time. Putin need to end this war and leave Ukrainians live their life as they see fit.

[@HungryGhost999]

It’s the measure of a very sick society

[@sigmasix3719]

He got what he deserved 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@sylviahutchison5203]

@@sigmasix3719 Ukraine will win this war and these torturers will pay.

[@jimgraham6722]

Some years ago I interviewed a survivor of the Japanese occupation of Malaya. He recounted to me how a respected local businessman in the pre-war period, the Japanese owner of the local photography and chemist shop, after the Japanese army arrived, surprised everyone by suddenly appearing in a Japanese Army colonel's uniform. He was then instrumental in organising some of the more brutal aspects of the occupation, including execution of more prominent members of the community. Seems a similar 'sleeper' strategy has been used by ruzz in Ukraine to prepare the ground and undermine resistance.

[@nian60]

Yes there were sleepers in Ukraine. Recently there was a video about someone at a school who was a sleeper, and was installed as the new school principal after the occupation. "Traitor educators from Mariupol walk with Pushylin and cadge for top positions +ENG SUB".

[@sumiland6445]

@@nian60 there have been testimony early in the invasion of Russian Orthodox clergy in Ukraine acting as informants, hiding arms, working with Russian "sleeper cells" already in Ukraine.

[@tatradak]

This is such an interesting aspect of human nature.. As a young soldier I was fearless but never brutal and refused point blank to be a sniper and now 30 years on I thought I was a pacifists but the brutality that the Kadyrovtsy/Orcs have meated out.. Has now turned me back to totally supporting the Ukrainian against what basically is genocide..i hope the psychology of this is discussed Vlad Vexar he does from a Russian prospective..

[@tatradak]

How do they manage this Jekal and Hyde in peace time and soon as the uniform is on a brutal barbarism..

[@MrPjay]

Just a comment to show my gratitude for this podcast

[@IntegralBlinds]

Terrible treatment by the Russians of Aiden… we need to remember this and never do business with Russia again.

[@robertsteele474]

He hid his bruises well when he was on video when he was detained by Russian forces. He is also lucky to be alive when Ukraine bombed the prison he was being held it.

[@HungryGhost999]

@@robertsteele474 🥱🥱🥱🤥

[@IntegralBlinds]

@@robertsteele474 The whole world knows that russian bombed the prison containing the ukranian prisoners of war. Russia botched the evidence they falsified and got found out.

[@robertsteele474]

@@HungryGhost999 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thetruth9874]

Rob Steele is actually a man who goes by the name Sasha from St Petersburg and he works in a Russian bot farm. He is paid to lie, do not pay attention to his comments.

[@rufinogarcia7724]

Thanks again for all the info

[@Marcus_Suridius]

Thanks for the updates.

[@stephensipe5405]

If an Ukrainian post war AAR is conducted as NATO countries Commands always do, this is my input would say: 1-Ukraine maintained an open border of trade with Russia after 2014. This was a mistake. A barrier border should have immediately been created along the whole frontier. All road and railway border crossings should have been destroyed after 2014. Troyitske was one such key railway crossing point which should have been destroyed. War was not treated as war. 2-Crimea annexation should have caused Ukraine to set up barriers and trench defense lines on the Crimea-Kherson Oblast border. 3-Kherson City should have had a leader from Central Command oversea local Command defense of the 3 bridges crossing the Dnipro River. These bridges have to be rebuilt as drawbridges. 4-President Zelinsky and military/civilian patriotism combined with manpads and a reorganized (NCO) military won the early war. After Russia redeployed its military to eastern Ukraine, it was HIMARS that changed Ukraine from a defense to Offense military. 5-The Ukrainian Military deception plan for the Kharkviv Offensive was brilliant. Having patriots and equipment needs good to great leadership to consistently win battles. Ukraine has this leadership. 6-Ukrainian military leadership is also audacious. They found a way to sink the Russian flagship Moskva.They found a way to attack Crimean airfields. They found a way to attack the Kerch Bridge in a way knock out both the roadway and the train bridge next to it. They found a way to use sea drones to attack Russian ships in Sevastopol Harbor. Finally, they repurposed jet drones to attack multiple military airfields deep inside Russia. 7-The Ukrainian surprises for Putin’s Russia War On Ukraine are not yet over!!!

[@momwithaplan1287]

Very well stated. 👏 Looking forward to all of their surprises with glee.

[@francisdavey2386]

Great to hear quality in depth recording.Keep it up guys.

[@luffebassen]

Its my favorite propaganda channel as well. It keeps me in the dark. Its great

[@wacojones8062]

Back in the late sixties a friend I who met much later while at the University of Illinois Chicago Circle Campus escaped from Ukraine with his parents. His parents were both Ph. D level mathematicians working for the Russians under duress. The family were of the Jewish religion and felt threatened by the antisemitic drift under the Russians. I served for 27 years in the US Army both active and in the Reserve forces as an instructor much of the training involved how to kill Russian armor units fast and efficiently if they came through the Fulda gap. How times have changed since those times.

[@palanio9182]

Awesome as always

[@reneholganza9099]

Following from Maryland USA UKRAINE MUST WIN

[@flowerpower8722]

Listening from Oz. Level headed, and interesting reporting. Keep it up.

[@luffebassen]

ok bot

[@courtneylewis899]

Yes sir.

[@gooddude62]

Wow,that was very powerful and the bravery of the captured soldiers and also very interesting and compelling interview, well done and also pray for the war to end so everyone can go on with their lives, because it's caused the whole world to take notice and Ukraine can heal and rebuild their country.

[@b.rocket]

I love your voice Claire. ❤

[@jamesgordon8867]

I hope this man writes a book and make into a movie

[@robertsteele474]

Fiction.

[@Brit_Toolmaker]

@@robertsteele474 🤣😂🤣➡️🤡👍

[@niklaswikholm514]

Nice to hear deep analysis from many angles

[@luffebassen]

Its my favorite propaganda channel as well. It keeps me in the dark. Its great

[@HOLES69]

🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦💪🏻

[@jamessalter7699]

Hello Ukraine the latest Dom there will always be haters on the loosing side stay strong I love your incites From Australia 👍👍👍

[@whitepanties2751]

Those who still make excuses for Putin or pretend both sides are equally bad should have to listen to this account of how they treat their prisoners, even while taking them to be released in a prisoner exchange. Listening in Oxfordshire in England.

[@luffebassen]

How are things going on GITMO and its prisoners??

[@warmblood8016]

Who, in their right mind would believe this? It's propaganda from the west. Everything the CIA has been saying since the beginning of this war has been proven wrong.

[@rubentayco1316]

Ukraine should hit Russian oil facilities. This is much better than the price cap and sanctions.

[@luffebassen]

Remember what happened last they hit the crimea bridge?? Missiles have been raining down ever since. Great idea Fessor!

[@warmblood8016]

Seriously? That'll never happen. Europe is still buying Russian oil only now they pay a much higher price as it travels around the world, changes ships, gets mixed with other oil and comes back to Europe under a different name. It's all a shell game.

[@maria.and2265]

Russian Duma knows that their troops have crossed so many civilized lines that no law they make will be honored by any other country that has any semblence of civilization in it's society.

[@scottn1405]

And yet we are just off two multi year US wars in which millions of civilians died. Is the US considered as one of your civilized countries?

[@maria.and2265]

@@scottn1405 9/11....and US response. Never mistake civilized for don't mess with us on our land. Iraq had civilian casualties before US, so did Afghanistan....and still do. Middle East always a mess. There are no truely civilized countries. Some are just better at trying then others. Russia doesn't even try. They're still stuck in the middle ages.

[@danielhowe5410]

So in other words the entire western economy and military industrial complex cannot keep up with Russia. Yet the media suggested several months ago that Russia is running out of missiles. But it seems to be the other way around.

[@warmblood8016]

@@Warrior20245 They're getting $100 Bil. How much more do they want for God's sake? Not to mention that only a fraction of the equipment is getting to them, the rest being sold on the black market. And now to find out that FTX crypto is a money laundering operation and the money going to Ukraine ended up in the politicians' pockets in Washington. How many times do people have to get played to realize they are dupes?!!!

[@mariadekelver2240]

I’m so happy Asian and Druze were traded in a prisoner swap. When they were captured I was sure they would be executed.

[@scottn1405]

Russia did not want to take Kiev. No military man would say such a thing. 40k troops cannot take a city of 3 million that is defended by 70k troops. Enough nonsense!

[@gabrieldunn7384]

Good coverage

[@pete7110]

Aiden is a top lad

[@luffebassen]

By whats standards?? By a sheep ?

[@Brit_Toolmaker]

@@luffebassen just described yourself🤣😂🤣➡️🤡👍

[@warmblood8016]

Top of the steaming pile.

[@Siempre1978]

"The Russian Federation Armed Forces continue the special military operation. On Friday, 16 December, Ukraine's military command, defence and industrial complex systems and the energy facilities supporting them were hit with a massive strike by long-range, airborne and sea-based precision weapons. The purpose of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been neutralised. The strike prevented the transfer of foreign-made weapons and ammunition, blocked the movement of reserves to combat areas, and halted Ukraine's defence enterprises producing and repairing weapons, military equipment and ammunition. In the course of repelling the strike by Ukrainian and Western air defence systems, a significant resource was expended on deliberately launched decoys. At the same time, four radar stations of Ukrainian S-300 air defence systems in the settlements of Andrusovka and Pridneprovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), as well as Novotavricheskaya and Nikolay-Pole (Zaporozhye region), have been revealed and destroyed. As a result of the unprofessional actions of Ukrainian air defence units, civilian infrastructure on the ground has been damaged. In Kupyansk direction, fire was directed at Ukrainian military units in the settlements of Petropavlovka and Timkovka (Kharkov region). Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, seven armoured fighting vehicles, and four cars were destroyed. In Krasny Liman direction, the Russian troops carried out a preemptive attack on the enemy reserves near Kolodezi (Donetsk People's Republic). Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and wounded, two armoured combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were neutralised. In Donetsk direction, the Russian troops carried out an offensive which resulted in gaining favourable lines and new positions. AFU units made unsuccessful attempts to counterattack Russian units close to Bakhmutskoye and Opytnoye (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy was stopped and dispersed by artillery and assault groups. More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen were killed, as well as seven vehicles were annihilated. In South Donetsk direction, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen and two armoured personnel carriers were destroyed during the day by active actions of Russian troops and artillery fire. Moreover, two AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups were discovered and destroyed near Novomayorskoye and Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic). Operational-Tactical aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery hit a temporary deployment point of the 14th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Kupyansk (Kharkov region), as well as 53 artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military hardware in 89 areas. A temporary location of foreign mercenaries were hit close to Krasny Liman (Donetsk People's Republic). Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by anti-aircraft defence forces near Zaliman (Lugansk People's Republic). In addition, three Uragan MLRS rockets were intercepted near Tokmak (Zaporozhye region) and four HIMARS MLRS shells near Rozovka and Baranikovka (Lugansk People's Republic). In total, 344 airplanes and 184 helicopters, 2,675 unmanned aerial vehicles, 398 air defence missile systems, 7,140 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 931 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,691 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,638 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation." Russian Defence Ministry Report for Saturday 17th December 2022

[@johnleckieWATP]

l am just a layman and l know this guy is talking bull, Russia has no interest in Kiev they are involved in grinding meat knowing that if Ukraine doesn't want to become a landlocked country by loosing Odessa they will have to come to terms.

[@danditto6145]

Ever watch the Danes work??? Everyday is kind of a bank holiday!! Ha, Ha.

[@CA-xk9zz]

👏👏👏gloire aux peuples ukrainiens 👏👏❤❤

[@SaltyChip]

I Hope that Graham Phillips drives a car on the regular. One of these days… he’s going to have car problems…

[@marymarlow3646]

I believe the general or perhaps one of them responsible for the success of the Russians in the south was fired by Gen z and shot himself.

[@wesley135]

💙Slava ukraini 💛🇺🇦🇺🇸

[@janom2687]

🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@wesley135]

@@janom2687 Russia will lose . Vladimir Putin has shown the world how weak and corrupt Russia is. Russia will collapse for the third time in just over a hundred years. 💙Slava ukraini 💛🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇧🇭🇲🇪🇺🇬🇷🇩🇪🇲🇫🇵🇷🇷🇴🇪🇦🇵🇹🇯🇵🇧🇪🇹🇩🇮🇹🇸🇪🇵🇱🇳🇱🌍🌎🌏

[@leefulll7145]

Damnit I’m 5th today! SLAVA UKRAINIA ❤

[@janom2687]

🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@DominicFlynn]

Aiden had to be treated a bit differently because he was suspected of being an illegal combatant

[@europaeuropa5623]

Lucky he got off so lightly and was not an Iraqi during the American management of Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse!

[@mariadekelver2240]

The horrors left behind from Wagner and Russian sadists will fill a library. I hope the countries of the world figure out (when they meet in March) how to hold them all accountable.

[@JasmineDev]

Aidan is a legend!! 🇺🇦💪💪💪

[@time1066]

Why is he a legend he surrendered

[@dearmas9068]

@@time1066 stupid comment. Please never speak again.

[@robertsteele474]

@@time1066 ..and apologized to Russia while he was detained.🤔

[@HungryGhost999]

@@robertsteele474 muppet 🥱 🤥

[@warmblood8016]

In his own mind.

[@HungryGhost999]

Interesting. Particularly about the different command structures of the military’s. RuZZia has too much power at the top of command.

[@colincrisp1592]

It's terrible the beatings. It's horrible horrible. Sounds like afganistand Iraq Siria Yemen somalia Libia etc etc etc etc. Rule Britannia Great Britain GO

[@ogierthedane6025]

The city pronunciations alone show how biased this is :D

[@jakespicer2775]

Lol when they made a KZbin channel for Aiden whilst being a prisoner, the comments calling the west liars and Russia is good was unreal 🤣 the amount of fools who believed they where looking after him was unreal 🤣

[@stephensipe5405]

Has Ukraine built at least a temporary BARRIER border along the Ukraine-RussIa border in Kviv Oblast and Kharkviv Oblast? If not, why is there no layers of wire, minefields, and anti-armor traps where roads and railways were destroyed?

[@nian60]

Good question. There hasn't been much info about this from what I have seen. Ukraine has fortified their border against Belarus. But as for the free bit of the northern border against Orcland, I don't know.

[@jimgraham6722]

I believe very many heavily fortified pill boxes and extensive mine fields. Still standing bridges and culverts under Ukrainian control have all had demolition charges set.

[@stephensipe5405]

@@nian60 Fortified? Ukraine stationed troops. The Russians have crossed the border in Kharkiv Oblast north of Kharkiv City has been crossed 3X since September. Why did these Russians not hit layers of barbed wire and a minefield? Why were they not picked up by cameras or sensors?

[@Maja-Danmark]

1: The border is loooong. 2: They are fighting a war. No time to or even sense in duck bullets while setting up a barrier.

[@stephensipe5405]

@@jimgraham6722 Not a single dirt road let alone a major hardball road should cross the Ukrainian-Russian border. All should be destroyed, dug up. The hardball roads should have anti-armor traps up to 1000M on both sides. If a probable axis of advance, manned fighting positions with tanks, small artillery, or manpads are required. Railways crossing the Ukrainian-Russian border should be destroyed up to 25K. The roadbeds can be combined with destroyed hardball and anti-armor traps to build the required fighting positions. I counted 19 major roads and railways cross the Ukrainian-Russian border. These are priority 1 in securing the border. As more of the Ukrainian border is reestablished, this barrier border security has to be extended.

[@luffebassen]

Great propaganda channel!! Well done. Keep the sheep in the dark and uninformed. 👍

[@tara1941]

As a Mercenary he is lucky to be alive,

[@tome4589]

Aiden is absolutely not a mercenary.

[@fairman1455]

Thankyou for excellent reporting

[@jimmorrison9356]

Not 10 mins in and 8 ads. Wtf

[@tezinho81]

Blame KZbin and use adblock.

[@pink_like_a_panther4119]

I've never seen one ad on this podcast. I do use Adblock Plus though. It's free and it works very well.

[@jimmorrison9356]

@@tezinho81 I use ablock on my comp cheers, I was listening to this on my phone /KZbin app taking a shower and nearly threw my phone out the window

[@tezinho81]

@@jimmorrison9356 I get the same frustration. On Android I use adblock *browser*, it works with KZbin and while it does not do full screen so good, it blocks ads. Podcasts help me sleep but ads kill it completely for me.

[@reneholganza9099]

Russia should lose

[@wilstw]

orc b's

[@warmblood8016]

Aisen Aslin was singing a different tune when he was a POW and he sure looked good in his previous interviews as a POW. He's being forced to change his story under threats by Azov. This is all propaganda.

[@troelspeterroland6998]

The Danish PM is a she, by the way.

[@Ibu812]

👍🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👍

[@kellyirwin8972]

Give land along the border to a MATO country.

[@steviebeats]

Great episode. Aiden Aslin is a hero

[@jamesshay9392]

Let

[@xanderthegreat1487]

Surovikine ❤❤❤

[@kashey8318]

Z

[@staru0180]

This guy should count his blessings Ukraine azov battalion was committing war crimes shooting prisoners blatantly and posting footage online 😂

[@geoffsimpkins7650]

No quarter to Russia when this thing is over. That culture needs to go.

[@icemanvamp7433]

I'm confused, I thought Russia ran out of missiles

[@scottn1405]

Russia is out producing all of the NATO countries combined in weapons and munitions. The west has de industrialized. The Russians have had defense plants running full go for 8 yrs. They knew that the US would be pressing for this proxy war

[@dlovink6655]

😂Yeah"Right

[@Balmorax]

There's no video, guys.

[@nian60]

It is a podcast. There will never be a video.

[@tezinho81]

It must be your first time. It's audio only.

[@robertsteele474]

I know! A cheap webcam would solve that in no time! Cheapskates! 😉🤣

[@Faisalali-uo4dm]

I live Russia

[@vera2573]

Слава России! Слава великому многонациональному народу России! Слава Православию! Фашизм на Украине будет уничтожен! Вы поддерживаете украинских нацистов! Позор вам всем!

[@Brit_Toolmaker]

🤣😂🤣➡️🤡👍

[@searcherholic3473]

This is always behind the events. And it's the torygraph. So not much of interest here

[@peter486]

they are just gona walk in with 150.000 Xbox generation men with no Support . they have no idea what they are doing they think its 1948.

[@alhabshyramadhani6838]

Надеюсь, хаховхинскую плотину скоро прорвут