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Conor Gogarty

Welshman who went to Ukraine to help with war effort plans to return

A young man who quit his job to travel to Ukraine to help the war effort is planning to return despite Russia sentencing two British prisoners of war to death.

Adam Draper recently returned from a month giving medical support in Ukraine, where he helped treat horrific injuries and at one point travelled in a van which was hit by Russian gunfire. But the 23-year-old was also inspired by the Ukrainians' bravery — and he is fundraising for supplies ahead of a flight next month to go back to the warzone for up to a year.

"I still feel like I haven't done enough," said Adam, from Porth, Rhondda. "My partner is absolutely livid, but she's been amazing and stood by me 100% even though she's not happy about it. I know if I don't go back I will have a massive regret for the rest of my life."

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