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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

Tory MP’s son fighting in Ukraine tells of rescuing comrade injured by mine

PA Media

A Tory MP’s son fighting in Ukraine has spoken of how he helped a fellow British volunteer fighter escape Russian fire after his leg was blown up by a mine.

Ben Grant, 30, helped drag his comrade to safety as mortars and artillery were fired towards them in woodland north of Kharkiv earlier in May, with the rescue filmed on a helmet-mounted camera.

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