looking for is a prisoner exchange, and that would involve a businessman called viktor medvedchuk. he s a ukrainian businessman. he s also something of a celebrity there, politician there as well, but he s also a a pro kremlin ally, a big supporter of vladimir putin. he s previously been under house arrest in ukraine, but in the last few days, he s been detained by ukrainian authorities there. so, essentially, what the men are asking for, and it s not clear whether they re speaking under duress, of course, is for borisjohnson to intercede and try to make that exchange happened. what has been the reaction from the british government? we have had a reaction from shaun pinner s family. they say they are hoping for a quick resolution to allow both men to return safely to their families. all the foreign office will say today is that they are in touch with both families, but have called on the kremlin to treat all prisoners of war humanely. that second video, of aiden aslin, is quite differe
his head and he was in handcuffs. both men have appeared in new videos on russian state tv lot together they are billed separately. in the first video shaun pinner essentially addresses the camera and asks boris johnson to get involved to help set both men free, specifically looking for a prisoner exchange which would involve a businessman from ukraine who is something of a celebrity in ukraine and a politician but also a pro kremlin ally and a big supporter of vladimir putin. he has previously been under house arrest in ukraine but in the last few days has been detained by ukrainian authorities so what the men are asking for, and it s not clear whether they are speaking under duress of course, is for borisjohnson to intercede and try to make that exchange happened. what has been the reaction from the british government? we what has been the reaction from the british government? british government? we have had a reaction from british government? we have had a reaction from the bri
you can see he looks a lot less comfortable, shall we say. he is filmed from several angles and he s shown a phone video of viktor medvedchuk s wife, where she is speaking english and makes that appeal to borisjohnson to intercede, and try to get that prisoner swap done. he is filmed watching the video, and at the end, he appears to agree with what she is saying. it s very difficult to draw any other conclusions from watching them, but what is clear that the russians are seeing any british nationals captured in ukraine as valuable prisoners, certainly in this case, as bargaining chips that they can use to try to get one of vladimir putin s closest allies set free in ukraine. footage has emerged which appears to show the russian warship the moskva on fire and listing to one side while at sea. the vessel sank in the black sea four days ago. ukraine says it was hit by a missile strike, russia says it suffered a fire after munitions exploded on board. the russian navy said the moskva went
0ur correspondent andrew plant told me what we know about the soldiers and the demands being made, starting with shaun pinner, who was captured by russian forces a few days ago. he had been fighting in mariupol for five or six weeks, he said, with the ukrainian marines there. he had previously been in the british armed forces but moved to ukraine in 2018 and was a fully fledged member of the ukrainian marines. we know that he was captured just a few days ago. aiden aslin was also fighting with ukrainian marines. he was captured a short time before that. we saw him, actually, didn t we, last week, paraded on russian state tv? he had bruises and cuts to his head. he was also in handcuffs as well. both men have appeared in new videos, again, on russian state tv today. they re not together. they re pictured and filmed separately. in that first video we saw, shaun pinner essentially addresses the camera and asks borisjohnson, really, to get involved to help set both men free. specifically,