Terrified mum wants her 'hero' son home after he was captured and paraded by Russians
dailystar.co.ukparaded on Russian propaganda broadcasts in Ukraine, says she just wants "her hero back”. Russia claims that more than 1,000 troops from the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade had surrendered in Mariupol after weeks of bombardment from Russian aircraft and artillery.Aiden's mum Ang Wood, 50, said: "Two weeks ago, I got a phone call from him saying: 'I think we are surrendering, we have no ammunition, no food, we have no water. "And then last Tuesday, early hours, I got to speak to Aiden again.
It was a very short message that he was surrendering."Aiden, 28, left his hometown in Nottinghamshire to move to Ukraine in 2018, where he joined the military not long after.He previously fought two tours with the Kurdish YPG group in Syria against ISIS forces between 2015 and 2016.He then met a girl from Ukraine but his dream of finally settling down and starting a family was cut short, Ang told Nottinghamshire Live. "When the war was declared, their wedding plans had to be put back.
They were due to get married last month, and obviously he could not.Most recently, images of Aiden in handcuffs appeared in a Russian propaganda video.In the video Aiden was quizzed by Graham William Phillips, also believed to be coincidentally from Nottingham.
Phillips has previously worked for the Kremlin-backed television channel RT and been accused of spreading Moscow’s propaganda.Speaking of her immense heartbreak, Ang said: "I am disgusted.
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