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16.03.2022 - 07:39 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots garage owner with no military experience has joined the foreign legion defending Kyiv from Russian attack.
Adam Ennis, from Biggar, Lanarkshire, has signed up for an international platoon that is newly embedded in the Ukrainian capital as it is encircled by Russian troops.
The 35-year-old spoke to the Daily Record from his position in the city yesterday - and revealed that he escaped death after leaving a base near the Polish border days before it was destroyed by Russian bombs.
He left for Kyiv just days before 30 Russian cruise missiles hit the base at Yavoriv, suspectedly killing at least three British special forces soldiers among more than 100 dead.
Adam, who owns Big B’s Garage in Biggar, has been on daily patrols and has seen active combat, firing on Russian soldiers.
Kitted out in army uniform and touting a Russian PKM machine gun and a Czech made Skorpion machine pistol, Adam said: “I’m very aware that the city will soon be totally encircled but I am here until Putin is defeated.
“I know there is a serious chance that I will be killed but I made the decision to come as a matter of conscience.
“I came here to protect the innocent and to help them in a battle against evil. In my opinion if Putin was not met with strong resistance here then this could snowball into something much larger and has the potential to be the start of World War Three and could be a threat to us all.
“Morale is good with both us international boys and the Ukrainian people. We are united and committed to the cause. It's heartbreaking some of the things I have seen out here, I have lost friends but I am happy with my choice to be part of this fight against tyranny.”
Adam’s extraordinary and terrifying mission was launched 13 days ago,
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Jordan Moreau Pierre Zakrzewski, a cameraman for Fox News, was killed in Ukraine on Monday, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott told staff in a company-wide memo on Tuesday morning. He was 55.Zakrzewski and Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall were reporting in Horenka, outside of Kyvi, Ukraine, when their vehicle came under fire. Hall remains hospitalized in Ukraine.“Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for Fox News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure with us.
Fox News said that its cameraman, Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed in Ukraine on Monday when the vehicle he was riding in was struck by oncoming fire.
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