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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed Cullinane

British ex-soldier fighting in Ukraine saved by the body of his friend

Shareef Amin / SWNS

A British ex-soldier has made it back to the UK after surviving a barrage of Russian shelling in Ukraine.

Shareef Amin, 40, nicknamed Rambo, suffered wounds to every limb when he was hit by Putin’s troops in October.

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