Meeting Oleg Dmitriev in a café in central Edinburgh is a pleasure, but it is a world away from his usual stomping ground of a string of motorway service stations from here through Europe to Ukraine.

He is one of the founders of the Edinburgh based charity Sunflower Scotland which takes aid to Ukraine. The nature of that aid has changed over the years, and most recently he has been driving SUVs, ambulances and 4x4s to various destinations, all packed with surplus medical supplies from various UK sources. The SUVs are used to quickly evacuate people who have been wounded – usually soldiers – and take them to the nearest hospital. The ambulances do the same job, but of course neither of these vehicles is armoured. Oleg is on the lookout for armoured vehicles which would, he hopes, last a bi

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