British mercenaries captured by Russia ask to be exchanged for Medvedchuk

MOSCOW – Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, two British nationals who surrendered to Russian troops in Ukraine, made an appeal to British Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson.

The two enlisted Johnson’s help in swapping them for Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk.

The opposition Platform For Life politician Viktor Medvedchuk was detained by Ukrainian security forces on Tuesday. On Saturday, his wife appealed to the families of two suspected British mercenaries captured by Russian forces, asking them to ask the British government for help in swapping them for their husbands.

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“I want to beg the government to send me home. I want to see my wife again,” Pinner said in an appeal broadcast on Russia’s Rossiya 1 TV channel, Monday (18/4/2022).

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“Hi Mr Boris Johnson. Obviously, I am Shaun Pinner. A lot has happened over the last five or six weeks that I am not fully aware of. Obviously, I understand that Mr Medvedchuk has been detained, and we are looking to swap myself and Aiden Aslin for Mr. Medvedchuk. Obviously I would really appreciate your help in this matter.”

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The mercenary said he and Aslin were treated well, and said he understood the precarious situation he was in.

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