A Brit who survived a Russian attack on a military base near the Polish border said he is “lucky to be alive” after 35 were killed and dozens more wounded in the strike.
Matthew Longland shook as he recalled being woken by a missile at the Yavoriv International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security before the complex was “annihilated”.
The dad - who served for three years in the Infantry - said there was no warning siren before the first missile landed on Sunday morning, as he lay on a bunk in a tent.