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UK dad, a former soldier, jets off to fight in Ukraine

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An ex-squaddie British dad says he is jetting off to fight in Ukraine - because he is 'not doing much with life'.Harvey Hunt, 50, is booked to fly from Bristol to Rzeszów, Poland tomorrow (4/6), where he will then try and link up with fellow fighters.He says he has been told to head to the border via the E40 - a pan-European road - and present himself as a former serviceman.Harvey, who says he served in the Royal Artillery as a gunner, will then make his way to a petrol station in the Ukrainian town of Novoiavorivsk, which is on the road to Lviv.He says was told there will be a regular shuttle of buses or cars there that would pick him up and take him towards the fighting.Ex-lorry driver Harvey, from Minehead, Somerset, said: "I've got military training, I'm not doing much with my life - I want to help."I'm sitting watching the news, and I'm thinking 'I can get off my a** and help them'. I can hold a gun and shoot it."I think [the situation] is disgusting. I think Russia should b***** off and leave all the kids and women."Filmed 2nd March 2022.

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