Beautiful Death

A British man released by Russia has said he was " treated worse than a dog" and kept in solitary confinement for five months.

Aiden Aslin has returned to the UK after being detained for months following his capture by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine .

, He Said after being stabbed he was asked if he wanted a quick or " Beautiful Death ".

He Said The Prisoners had to sing The Russian national anthem every morning.

" And if you didn't Sing It , you would get punished for it. You would get beaten, " He Said .

In The Interview , the former prisoner said he was stabbed during his time being held Captive - and beaten because of his tattoos.

Ten detainees, including Mr Aslin, were after Saudi Arabia said it had brokered An Exchange between Russia and Ukraine .

Among them were five British nationals who were freed - including John Harding , Dylan Healy, Andrew Hill and Shaun Pinner.

Mr Aslin from Newark, Nottinghamshire was held in April while fighting in the south-eastern city of Mariupol.

He, Mr Pinner and a Moroccan national, Brahim Saadoun, were put On Trial in the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic and.

Referring to a time he was stabbed in the back with a knife, Mr Aslin said: " I knew there was a very high possibility I was about to be killed. "

He was then asked by a Russian who was guarding him: " Do you want a quick death or a Beautiful Death ? "

Answering a quick death, Mr Aslin was told: " You're going to have a Beautiful Death and I'm going to make sure it's a Beautiful Death . "

He Said he was beaten for having a tattoo of a Ukrainian trident and for one showing his time In Syria .

Mr Aslin said he was kept in a two-man cell with four people and had to sleep on a mat infested with lice.

" We couldn't go to the toilet properly because we didn't have a toilet" He Said , adding that they had to use empty bottles.

Mr Aslin said he survived for three weeks eating pieces of bread and Water - and " eventually we had to beg them to give us tap Water ".

There was a window in The Cell , but it had " nothing to protect us from the outside elements" He Said , which led to it being cold in The Winter .

Talking about when his passport was checked, " as soon as I said Great Britain I got a straight punch to the nose" He Said .

Mr Aslin said the only time he was let out was to do propaganda or take phone Calls .

Source of news: bbc.com