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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Ross

Inside Tory ex-minister’s mission to Ukraine where soldiers will not give in to Putin’s demands

Former Conservative minister Johnny Mercer in Kyiv - (Johnny Mercer)

Dressed in a hoodie and sporting a mullet, former Tory MP Johnny Mercer did not want to be noticed when stepping onto the platform at Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station after a gruelling 20-hour journey from Poland.

Despite Kyiv recovering from “The Living Dead scenes” witnessed in the weeks after the outbreak of the war, the father of three said he did not want to take any chances as he started a recent seven-day mission in the war-torn country.

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