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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miranda Bryant

British MP’s son saves fellow volunteer while under fire in Ukraine

Ben Grant in Ukraine before departing to the frontline.
Ben Grant in Ukraine before departing to the frontline. Photograph: Reuters

The son of a Conservative MP has told how he helped save a fellow British volunteer fighter in Ukraine while under heavy Russian gunfire after he was injured by a landmine.

Ben Grant arrived in Ukraine in March, when he told the Guardian he was moved to volunteer after seeing footage of a Russian bombing of a house where a child could be heard screaming. He said he went without telling his mother, MP Helen Grant, he was going.

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