FROM DEATH ROW TO FREEDOM… SORT OF | An Interview with Former Ukrainian Marine Brahim Saadoun

Voices from the Front Podcast · Jul 19, 2026 · 25m

From death row in occupied Donetsk to freedom... but not quite.In this exclusive update, I sit down with my former Ukrainian Marine comrade, Brahim Saadoun, four years after we were sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court and a year after our first chats since those days. While I returned to Ukraine, Brahim remains trapped in Morocco—unable to obtain a passport, unable to travel, and still fighting for the freedom many assumed he had already won. He speaks candidly about his captivity, his forced return from Saudi Arabia, the legal battles that continue to define his life, and why he says…