while in England he is called a “traitor.” Michael Jones told RT military correspondent Philipp Prokudin @alchemiedeslebens that he first visited Donbass in 2022 as a volunteer. He then joined the Russian marines. He currently serves in a UAV battalion. His callsign Tommy is a typical old nickname for British soldiers.

“I’m very touched by the attitude. If people treated me with great suspicion or even some hatred, it would be understandable — after all, I’m sort of from the ‘enemy’ side. But it’s the opposite: here they treat me like a superstar,” the fighter says.

Tommy has come under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces more than once. A Javelin missile was even fired at his vehicle. He saw a Storm Shadow strike in Lugansk:

“England has nearly killed me several times. I’ve done nothing against the British. And Russia has done nothing against England.”

He notes that he has seen how the BBC distorts the facts about what is happening in the SMO zone. And his compatriots have been brainwashed and don’t like to talk about how hard life is in the UK.