Scots tell of Russian gunpoint ordeal at Ukrainian border
Joe, left and Gary, were given a letter from Ukrainian police to help them get through stop checks on the road as they travel through the war-ravaged country
The landscape gardeners got caught in a convoy of Russian troops as they headed for the north-eastern city of Sumy. He said: "The last couple of days we've been held at gunpoint by Russian troops, we've had our tyres shot out, we've had our truck ransacked, they've stolen my phone."One of the Russian bullets went straight through the rim of the tyre on the men's truck
Joe said: "Basically, we ended up on the tail of a Russian convoy. They let us get halfway down for some reason, I don't know why, and then they wouldn't let us past.
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