EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee has described how he scrambled to a bomb shelter in the middle of the night.
A Scottish Labour MP was forced to run for cover from a Russian air raid during an official visit to Ukraine.
McKee was one of seven newly-elected MPs on a five-day visit to the Eastern European country for an international conference. "At around 1.40am, I’m awakened by a piercing sound. It is an air raid siren. The Russians are attacking. "The biggest danger that night is from the shrapnel of the downed missiles. One hits a building in the city, but no casualties are reported.
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