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Bjørn from the Faroe Islands used to be a fisherman, but now he is fighting in the Ukrainian foreign legion.
The former fisherman quit his job 12 days before, with a loose plan to go back to fishing.
Despite the protests from his cousin, who tried to talk him out of it, the former fisherman travelled to Ukraine , where he was to undergo very intense training that he estimates 40% of people do not pass.
'It's a different war. This is not like Iraq or Afghanistan or any other war, it's like World War One all over again, except with drones,' he says.
'All hell broke loose, and these two guys were caught in the line of fire' Bjørn was on a recce mission, to see what Russian soldiers were up to in their bunkers.
He was defending his teammates from the large number of RPGs , snipers and machine guns with suppressive fire.
He describes the rapid staccato tap of grenades piercing his armour.
Bjørn sympathises with Ukrainians and draws similarities between Ukraine and his native Faroe Islands .
He says he feels he is fighting for a just cause, “which is very rare nowadays’s” He believes Russian propaganda about Russia winning is very far from reality.
He believes President Putin is just trying to save face.
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