The first punch in the face, delivered after he admitted to being British, was “not a bad beating”.

Compared with what followed during Aiden Aslin’s imprisonment by Russian forces, that may be an understatement.

During more than five months as a prisoner of war, Mr Aislin was beaten unconscious, stabbed, threatened with execution, and witnessed the killing of another prisoner.

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