Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure the safety and protection of Aiden Aslin, also known as CossackGundi or Johnny, a British citizen and Ukrainian marine, recently captured following the fall of Mariupol.

We are aware of the detention of two British nationals, including Aiden Aslin, who have been fighting as part of the Ukraine Armed Forces. We are in contact with their families to support them. The UK Government condemns the exploitation of prisoners of war for political purposes and calls on the Kremlin to treat all prisoners of war humanely, in accordance with the requirements of international humanitarian law. All members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are entitled to be treated as prisoners of war in line with the Geneva Convention.