Aiden Aslin

Aiden Daniel John Mark Aslin (Ukrainian: Ейден Аслін; born 7 January 1994) is a British citizen who was captured by Russian forces in April 2022 while fighting as a Ukrainian Marine in Mariupol. He was sentenced to death on 9 June by authorities of the Russian-backed breakaway unrecognised puppet state, the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), for "mercenary activities and committing actions aimed at seizing power and overthrowing the constitutional order of the DPR." He was released in a prisoner exchange in September 2022.

Aiden Aslin
Aslin in 2021
Birth nameAiden Daniel John Mark Aslin
Nickname(s)Rojhat Rojava, Johnny Wood, Cossack Gundi
Born (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994
Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Allegiance Rojava
 Ukraine
Service/branch
  • Syrian Democratic Forces
  •  Ukrainian Navy
Years of service2015–2016 (YPG)
2018–2022 (Ukraine)
Unit People's Defence Unit
36th Separate Marine Brigade
Battles/wars
  • Syrian Civil War
    • Rojava conflict
    • War against the Islamic State
  • Russo-Ukrainian War
    • War in Donbas
    • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Siege of Mariupol 

Before that, in 2015, Aslin travelled to Rojava, also known as the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). There, he served as a foreign volunteer for the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG), fighting against the Islamic State. Aslin was briefly detained upon his return to the United Kingdom. In 2018, he travelled to Ukraine and settled in Mykolaiv, and has applied for Ukrainian citizenship.

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