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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

Ukrainian sailor who sank Russian billionaire boss’s £5m yacht signs up to fight for his homeland

Yacht Charter Fleet

A Ukrainian sailor who tried to sink a superyacht allegedly belonging to his Russian boss in Spain after the war broke out, is determined to sign up with the Ukrainian army to fight for his homeland.

Taras Ostapchuk, 55, a mechanical engineer, is headed towards the war-torn Ukrainian capital of Kyiv by train after flying to Warsaw in Poland. He shared a picture with a Ukrainian road sign in the background, according to a Spanish newspaper Ultima Hora.

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