There's a demand for British cars in Ukraine as volunteers say the lives of Ukrainian soldiers have been saved because Russian snipers are fooled into shooting at the passenger seat, rather than at the driver
There are several organisations that deliver vehicles. The one Patrick volunteers for is Car for Ukraine."Car for Ukraine take the vehicles, convert them with panels of steel in the door, armoured plating in the side panels, take the panels off the doors and put them in, put panels on the back, armoured plating and convert them from a normal civilian car to a military vehicle, or a humanitarian vehicle.""Pick-up trucks are very useful in general" he says.
"The fact that the driver is on the other side - we do hear stories where a sniper has shot at the passenger side. "But they have many uses. When the Kakhovka dam was blown up we saw how one of our pick-up trucks was evacuating people because it could access areas that other vehicles couldn't get into."
For Patrick, quitting his job to volunteer has come a huge personal cost but he's committed to continuing as long as there is demand for the vehicles.
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