💬 'I can’t leave now. If I take time out, I’d just be thinking of the people who won’t be saved as a result.' 🔴 British volunteer who’s evacuated 250 vulnerable civilians vows to ‘keep going over Christmas’
how, in the early days of the war, he flew out to Poland with the intention of joining Ukraine’s military, but was discouraged because of his lack of military experience. Nevertheless, he crossed the Ukrainian border with a van on 5 March and began delivering supplies to Kharkiv.
Chris Parry with a mother, 25, and her son, four, whom he rescued from southern Bakhmut after nobody else would go to the area Oblast, just 400 metres from the Russian front. Here, he evacuated a grateful couple in their 80s who were sheltering in their basement – the man was partially blind. “I stood in the square there, where I’m fully exposed to anything, screaming ‘evakuatsiya, evakuatsiya’ [evacuation, evacuation]. Running around in heavy armour is tough and I get sweaty.
“I asked them how dangerous was it to get to my next location of an evacuee and they said it was 50/50 whether I’d be shot at. They kept saying, ‘Man you’re crazy’.” “I realised a tank round had landed on my front left tyre and it just exploded. I knew it wasn’t safe to stop and check it, so I carried on. I didn’t see the tank targeting me – they hide and use infrared.”Once in a safer place – in comparison – on the western side of town, Chris tried to change the tyre himself, but he did not have the right tools. With the sun having set at 3.
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