Shaun Pinner was captured while fighting in Mariupol (Image: social media/e2w)
ByRyan MerrifieldReporter
18:30, 16 Apr 2022UPDATED18:38, 16 Apr 2022
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A second British mercenary soldier fighting in Ukraine has been captured by Russian forces and "paraded" in a chilling video.

In the footage, Shaun Pinner, 48, explained he had been taken as a POW in the besieged city of Mariupol and then transferred to Donetsk.

Earlier this week, fellow Brit soldier Aiden Aslin, 28, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, was plastered across Russian TV after also being captured.

The south-eastern Ukrainian city and region of Donetsk declared itself 'independent' just prior to Vladimir Putin launched his catastrophic invasion in late February.

Moscow-backed separatists captured Donetsk and Luhansk before they were declared People's Republics.


Shaun joined the war effort earlier in the invasion ( Image: social media/e2w)

Shaun Pinner with wife Larysa ( Image: social media/e2w)
Having failed to take Ukrainian capital Kyiv, despite weeks of bombardment and allegedly losing up to 20,000 troops, Russian forces have pulled out and re-focused on the eastern border regions already held.

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Southern port city Mariupol has been close to obliterated by Kremlin missiles, with Shaun saying he had been fighting there for five or six weeks in the chilling video shared by news outlet Axiom.

He says: "Hi I'm Shaun Pinner, I am a citizen of the UK, I was captured in Mariupol I am part of the 36 Brigade First Battalion Ukrainian Marines.


Aiden Aslin aka Cossack Gundi ( Image: twitter.com/Maps​Ukraine)
The Brit was paraded by Russia on Thursday ( Image: Facebook)
"I was fighting in Mariupol for five-six weeks and now I'm in Donetsk People's Republic."

He had previously been filmed fighting alongside Ukrainian troops.


Reports from Moscow had claimed he had been killed during the siege of Mariupol but it is understood he was only injured and in a field hospital.

Chris Garrett, who previously fought alongside Shaun in the Donbas in 2014, told the Sun: "He was wounded by shrapnel from a tank round in Mariupol and is in a military hospital.

Mariupol has been under siege for weeks ( Image: Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
"I'm told right now he's not dead and I trust the people who have told me. They're also British.

"I hope their information is right. It's entirely possible that the photocopy of his passport that the Russians were hawking around were looted from another place and used for propaganda."

Aiden, a former care worker, was pictured handcuffed and bruised on Thursday.


The wife of Putin ally Viktor Medvedchuk, leader of Ukraine's opposition party, who was re-captured by secret service agents after escaping house arrest, has called for her husband to be swapped for Aiden and Shaun.

Two Russian soldiers patrol in the Mariupol drama theatre ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Aiden had surrendered after his unit ran out of food and ammunition.

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We have so many British men fighting for ukraine but one by one we will catch all of them and jail them before we hang them.

God bless putin God bless mother Russia.....

Just remember ,that Russian airforce is just working at 20 percent of capacity.
Joe Biden will be taking to ghosts instead of just giving handshakes to ghost

We will soon capture more Americans in Ukraine and parade them like thiefs.

He is a mercenary , so he will not be guided by Geneva convention.

RIP to idiot

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Pinner was shown on a military TV channel linked to war journalist Andrey Rudenko.

He reportedly told the Russians that 'he doesn't want war and wants to go home'.

Pinner now faces interrogation by the Russian Investigative Committee, it was announced today.

He was described as 'an English mercenary who served in the 36th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Marines as a stormtrooper and is now in captivity.

'This is the second Englishman caught in Mariupol.'

His fate in the hands of the Russians and the separatist authorities in Donetsk remains uncertain.




This new clown said he does want war that he wants to go home

It seems this is a low grade world war

Another terrorist Brit captured would be a better headline.

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Mooh247:
War is not Call of Duty on PlayStation

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Propaganda from brainwashed pro-putin boys.

VictorUSA:
Propaganda from brainwashed pro-putin boys.

You no longer believe western media wow.

Stop responding to that guy, brother, for the sake of your sanity. He's too young to comprehend what's going on.
Examine all his responses regarding this war for yourself.

Kingsnairaland:


You no longer believe western media wow.