'These two are an absolute disgrace

FORMER ARMY COMMANDER BLASTS BRITS FIGHTING FOR PUTIN

- MATT ROPER

A MAN from Oldham is fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Ben Stimson is in the Donbas region with Vladimir Putin's forces, the Mirror reports.

In military fatigues with a Russian flag emblazoned above a pocket, Stimson brags: "Yes, yes, I'm back in Russia, I'm back in uniform." He then waves around an unexploded grenade shell used by Ukraine and jokes: "We've got some British taxpayers' returns." In another video posted at the weekend, Stimson makes it clear he is fighting for Russia. He says: "Every man takes his choice... a lot of us, the foreign volunteers, have chosen to come over to this side, to the Russian side." Stimson's 'best British friend in the Russian army' is Aiden Minnis, a former National Front member and convicted thug from Chippenham, Wiltshire, who told the Mirror he is now a 'sapper in the Russian army! The two men are the first Brits known to be fighting for Russia.