Ex-squaddie dad flying out to fight with Ukraine because he's 'not doing much with life'

An ex-squaddie British dad says he's jetting off to fight with Ukraine - because he's 'not doing much with life'.

Harvey Hunt, 50, signed up to the Army nearly 34 years ago and served for more than three years, but didn't see any fighting.

"It's scary but I understand why he wants to go, and every part of me supports him in that," said his wife, Georgina, 29.

Mr Hunt is booked to fly from Bristol to Rzeszów in Poland tomorrow, where he will then try and link up with fellow fighters, reports Wales Online.

He says he has been told to head to the border via the E40 - a pan-European road - and present himself as a former serviceman.

Mr Hunt, who says he served in the Royal Artillery as a gunner, will then head to a petrol station in the Ukrainian town of Novoiavorivsk, which is on the road to Lviv.

He says he was told there will be a regular shuttle of buses or cars that would pick him up there and take him into battle.

The ex-lorry driver, from Minehead, Somerset, said: "I've got military training, I'm not doing much with my life - I want to help.

"I'm sitting watching the news, and I'm thinking 'I can get off my a** and help them'.

"I can hold a gun and shoot it.

"I think [the situation] is disgusting. I think Russia should b***** off and leave all the kids and women."

Mixed messages have come from the government so far over Brits who want to go and fight.

Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, previously said she backs anyone who wants to travel east and take up arms.

But Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, has since countered and declared only those with combat experience should go.

Dad-of-two Mr Hunt, who says he signed up to the Army nearly 34 years ago and served for more than three years but didn't see combat, is