I follow a number of good journalists on Twitter, as well as reading online papers from the US, the UK, DV, Al Jazeera English, etc. One can piece together what is happening in Russia, Ukraine, Syria, Yemen, Burma, and other places.

It seems English fighters have been captured by the Russians and are requesting to be traded. At least one of them seems to have landed there before the Russian invasion:

“Aiden is a serving member of the Ukrainian armed forces, and as such is a prisoner of war and must be treated with humanity” according “to the terms of the Geneva Convention”, she was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

“It already looks like he has been beaten up. It is time now for the British government to get involved and help secure Aiden’s release because he is still a British citizen.”

Aslin joined the military in 2018 after relocating to Ukraine to start a family with his fiancée. He previously fought alongside the Kurds against the ISIL (ISIS) group in Syria, the newspaper said.

That from the Al Jazeera source named above.