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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. Aiden’s fiancée is Ukranian and his mother still lives in Balderton. He grew up in the area. “Obviously I don’t 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…

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