'It's a matter of life and death': Ukrainian expats head home from UK to fight Russia

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Dozens of Ukrainians living in Britain are preparing to drive thousands of miles back to their native homeland to help defend their country against the Russian invasion.

Small groups of Ukrainian army veterans are understood to have already set off from the UK in the past few days, with others planning to undertake the long overland journey in the coming days.

The veterans, who include serving Ukrainian army reservists, are known to be planning to rejoin their units, vowing to use their experience of the 2014-16 conflict with Russian forces to resist its latest aggression.

Before leaving earlier this week, one told a friend: “If we don’t put up a struggle now, our country is going to die.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/matter-life-death-ukrainian-expats-201044452.html

[SheltieLover]

1. I am so touched by their dedication!

[pandr32]

2. This chokes me up

Family, friends, community, and Country. We act from a very deep place when any of these are threatened. For a psychopathic lunatic to so casually spend this capital of humanity I can't help but get choked up and to feel the anxiety from this crisis deep in my gut.

[TomSlick]

3. Putin may have underestimated the Ukrainians.

He should have considered the history of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.