exercises around taiwan which have coincided with a bipartisan visit to taipei by six us lawmakers. an army spokesman said they were directed at what he called the wrong signal being sent about the island by the united states. the grandmother of a british man who has been captured in ukraine says she s horrified by images of him being shown on russian tv, and has called for him to be treated humanely. aiden aslin was fighting with ukranian forces in the besieged city of mariupol, when he told family he was having to surrender to russian forces. here s our correspondent emma vardy. if you re watching this, it means that we ve surrendered. the last message to loved ones, before his capture in one of the most desperate places on earth. we ran out of ammunition. didn t really have any other choice other than to surrender. for weeks, aiden aslin and his unit defended the heavily bombarded city of mariupol, holding
to surrender to russian forces. emma vardy reports. if you re watching this, it means that we ve surrendered. the last message to loved ones, before his capture in one of the most desperate places on earth. we ran out of ammunition. didn t really have any other choice other than to surrender. for weeks, aiden aslin and his unit defended the heavily bombarded city of mariupol, holding off russian forces as long as they could. two days ago, his family received a phone call, as he explained they were having to surrender. to lay down our arms and head towards the russian soldiers. i knew that the ammunition situation was very low. and they wouldn t have surrendered if they d still got ammunition. the next time his grandmother and otherfamily members saw him, it was aiden in handcuffs, now a captive, being paraded
the last words to loved ones from within one of the desperate places on earth. we ran out of ammunition. didn t really have any other choice other than to surrender. for weeks, aiden aslin and his unit defended the heavily bombarded city of mariupol, holding off russian forces as long as they could. two days ago, his family received a phone call as he explained they were having to surrender. to lay down our arms and head towards the russian soldiers. i knew that the ammunition situation was very low. and they wouldn t have surrendered if they d still got ammunition. the next time his grandmother and otherfamily members saw him, it was aiden in handcuffs, now a captive, being paraded on russian television. when you see those images, what goes through your mind?
in the besieged city of mariupol, when he told family he was having to surrender to russian forces. here s our correspondent emma vardy. if you re watching this, it means that we ve surrendered. the last words to loved ones from within one of the desperate places on earth. we ran out of ammunition. didn t really have any other choice other than to surrender. for weeks, aiden aslin and his unit defended the heavily bombarded city of mariupol, holding off russian forces as long as they could. two days ago, his family received a phone call as he explained they were having to surrender. to lay down our arms and head towards the russian soldiers. i knew that the ammunition situation was very low. and they wouldn t have surrendered if they d still got ammunition. the next time his grandmother
means that we ve surrendered. the last message to loved ones, before his capture in one of the most desperate places on earth. we ran out of ammunition. didn t really have any other choice other than to surrender. for weeks, aiden aslin and his unit defended the heavily bombarded city of mariupol, holding off russian forces as long as they could. two days ago, his family received a phone call, as he explained they were having to surrender. to lay down our arms and head towards the russian soldiers. i knew that the ammunition situation was very low. and they wouldn t have surrendered if they d still got ammunition. the next time his grandmother and otherfamily members saw him, it was aiden in handcuffs, now a captive, being paraded on russian television. when you see those images,