A British army veteran fighting in Ukraine has been nicknamed 'Rambo' after he survived being repeatedly shot in a battle with Russian troops. Pals of Shareef Amin, 40, are raising money to bring him and his fiancée home after he was seriously hurt in the war-torn country.
Shareef was repeatedly hit by Russian bullets and shrapnel before being blown off his feet by artillery fire in a battle alongside Ukrainians. After being buried under the body of a fallen friend, he eventually managed drag himself out of a trench and was rescued despite suffering horrific wounds.
Though not a Ukrainian, Shareef was one of the first to answer the call to defend it from Vladimir Putin following the invasion in February. The two-time Afghanistan veteran offered his combat skills and first aid training to help train Ukrainian civilians to defend their homeland.
