aiden aslin was captured while fighting with the ukrainian marines.chose to surrenderjust because, like, i couldn't see it realistically that we'd able to get out. probably safer for me to, like, surrender rather than be captured by soldiers in the adrenaline phase of, like, fighting. i got separated from my unit and then i was taken to, like, further into donetsk and then, that's when i started getting interrogated, starting getting beaten. but once they, like, sentenced me — sentenced me to death — that's when i, like, started thinking, like, now they've done it, they've to do something. 0therwise, they're going to look like they're not as powerful as they say they are. so it definitely took its toll on me, like, mentally. and i think it wouldn't be till september time — by that point, i was, like, pretty, like, stopped caring about stuff and pretty at a low point. aiden's family campaigned for months for his release. what do your family think about you going back? they must be so pleased to have you back in newark. what do they think? i think they