Why second-hand British cars end up on Ukraine’s frontline
by Daniel Boffey in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#5XSVF)
The Ukraine forces are picking up cut-price UK vehicles via a fund established by a comedian
From Mykolaiv to Kyiv and Kharkiv, second-hand cars, pickup trucks and minivans bought in Britain and still bearing the familiar UK number plates are on the frontline of the war in Ukraine.
The incongruous sight is thanks to a fighters' fund established by Serhiy Prytula, 40, a Ukrainian actor and comedian, who made his name with a Little Britain-style sketch show Faina Yukraina (Nice Ukraine) but now acts as an alternative quartermaster to the Ukrainian armed forces.
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