Live. Fight. Survive. - An ex British soldier s account of courage, resistance defiance

Intense, unflinching, extraordinary>

About the author

Born in Watford, Shaun Pinner served for nine years with the British Army's Royal Anglian Regiment, latterly as part of 24 Airmobile Brigade on operations for the UN in Bosnia. He joined the Ukrainian military in 2018 as the country rebuilt its armed forces following the annexation of Crimea. He was deployed to a forward position with the Air Assault Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Brigade, Ukrainian Marines when Russian invaded in February 2022. Captured after the siege of Mariupol, he spent the next six months as prisoner of war. Following his release in September 2022, Shaun was awarded Ukraine's Order of Courage by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. He has since travelled extensively briefing NATO forces on his experiences. He is currently living in Ukraine with his wife, Larysa.

Product details

• Authors: Shaun Pinner
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.06.2024
• EAN: 9781405959773
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-5977-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Ukraine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Memoirs, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Prisoners of War, Modern warfare, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, True stories of survival of abuse and injustice, c 2020 to c 2029, HISTORY / Russia / Post-Soviet, HISTORY / Europe / Ukraine