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A man is back on the frontline in Ukraine 18 months after being released by his Russian captors and returning home to Newark. Aiden Aslin, 30, who was held captive as a prisoner of war for six months before being released last year has returned to the embattled Ukrainian city of Avdiivka. Ukraine is my home, said Aiden in a prior interview with the Advertiser. Aidens fiancée is Ukranian and his mother still lives in Balderton. He grew up in the area. Obviously I dont want to be captured again, but I feel there is still work to be done, Aiden said. Aidan was captured by the Russians in Ap