First published at 17:04 UTC on April 28th, 2022.
"🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Two American mercenaries were seriously injured in Orekhovo
Manus McCaffrey and Paul Gray - former US Army soldiers - fought as part of the Javelin ATGM crew on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
And today at about 14.35 in the…
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"🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 Two American mercenaries were seriously injured in Orekhovo
Manus McCaffrey and Paul Gray - former US Army soldiers - fought as part of the Javelin ATGM crew on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
And today at about 14.35 in the Orekhovo area they were in position, waiting for Russian tanks that were approaching the city from Novotishkovsky.
It was at that moment that the allied forces began an artillery bombardment, and one of the shells landed near the position of the American mercenaries.
Both received shrapnel wounds to the face, head and body, and a concrete wall behind which he was hiding also fell on a mercenary with the surname Gray.
Currently, both Americans are in the hospital and apparently they will not be able to return to Orekhovo - the allied forces are already fighting inside the city.
Manus McCaffrey & Paul Gray. Both are US Army veterans.
The two worked together as a team targeting Russian tanks with Javelins. McCaffrey suffered shrapnel wounds to his face, head, and torso. A concrete wall fell on Gray, wounding his foot. Both men are in hospital.
Gray told : “We were ready for a tank to come down the road when the artillery hit us. A concrete wall protected me but then fell on me. Manus took the hardest blow and shrapnel.
Both are US Army veterans."
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