Live. Fight. Survive.

An ex-British soldier’s account of courage, resistance and defiance fighting for Ukraine against Russia

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Live. Fight. Survive.

By: Shaun Pinner

Narrated by: Shaun Pinner

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Shaun Pinner was a retired and decorated British soldier, living a peaceful and happy life in Mariupol with his Ukrainian family.

What follows is the true story of his six months spent imprisoned in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

After the horrors of frontline fighting, Shaun had to survive his capture by the Russian soldiers, and his removal to a Black Site - an off-the-grid prison untethered to human rights conventions - where he was subjected to a campaign of torture by Putin's secret police.

It saw him shocked with electricity, stabbed, beaten, and almost starved to death, all while trying to maintain his morale with the other POWs.

Shaun tells a story that is both an unstoppable record of the fierceness of the fighting and a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit.

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Very gripping & compelling read, almost felt I was in the room with Shaun. The level of calmness, professionalism and good old “F*ck You” British Army mentality spills out from the pages along with that uncanny ability to make light & laughter even in the worst of situations. Having completed the same SERE training as Shaun in the same battalion “Vikings” at the same time, never in my wildest dreams would I ever won’t to have to put it into practice at age 50yrs. Total RESPECT, great read.