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Norman Silvester & Lee Dalgetty

Former rugby star leaves Edinburgh to return to father's home of Ukraine to deliver vital aid

Former Scottish rugby star Iwan Tukalo has made his way to his fathers homeland of Ukraine to deliver vital aid.

Iwan, who played in Scotland's legendary '90s grand slam winning team, led a convoy of jeeps that left Edinburgh for the war torn country. They carired food, medicine, generators, and Irn-Bru.

The first stop was Lviv in Western Ukraine where the convoy dropped of most of the aid and two of the jeeps. On route the 60 strong entourage visited the village of Nyzhniv where Iwan’s late father Dmytro was born.

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