A British mercenary who is fighting for Russia in Ukraine has said he’s willing to die for the ’cause’.
Ben Stimson, 48, and Aiden Minnis, 37, both fled to the Donetsk region to join Vladimir Putin’s forces and posted a video bragging about it.
But in a new move, Minnis claims he’s willing to die for the cause.
He said his fellow soldiers are his brothers, adding: ‘I trust them and I will die for them. They have proven themselves and helped me a lot.
‘We understand each other. A bit of pidgin English and pidgin Russian and sign language. It gets done.’
Minnis’ mum, Tina was not aware her son was fighting for the Russians, and says she has not had contact with her son for years after disowning him.
They are the first two British men known to be fighting for Putin, with Stimson, from Oldham, Manchester, saying in the video: ‘Every man takes his choice… a lot of us, the foreign volunteers, have chosen to come over to this side, to the Russian side.’
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Source: Linda Ikeji
