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British who went to Ukraine warzone says friends think he’ll ‘die’ on latest ‘mystery trip’

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A rowdy British man who enjoys visiting combat zones has stated that he’ll be travelling for a “surprise excursion” to an unnamed place, where his buddies “believe he’ll die.”

Miles Routledge, a British student who was evacuated during the Taliban invasion and fall of Kabul, Afghanistan last year, says he will leave today, April 21.

Last night, the 22-year-old tweeted to his followers: “Before I fly away tomorrow, I said my final goodbyes to my closest pals. My final remarks to each of them were laced with slurs and insults.”

“All my buddies think I’m going to die,” the dark tourism supporter added.

Routledge claimed he travelled to Kazakhstan to be “a bit funny, be a little stupid possibly” during violent protests there in January. He has subsequently changed his name to “independent war journalist” and reinvented himself as a serious “adventurer.”

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For months, the Birmingham native has teased his so-called “big journey.”

In an earlier interview with the Daily Star, Routledge stated that he didn’t feel fully comfortable in Kazakhstan after Russian military were granted shoot-to-kill permits to quell protesters at the behest of Putin’s ally President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

Despite violent protests against the country’s decaying political system and massive energy price spikes, “Lord” Miles travelled there on January 15 using funds gathered through a crowd-funding site.

“[I don’t feel] really secure. The Russians are well-trained and have a zero-tolerance policy. I thought the Taliban and African forces were disorganised and ill-trained when I was in Afghanistan and South Sudan, but these Russians are specifically commanded to fire to kill at any hint of difficulty, and they could cause a lot of harm if the instructions from higher up changed “Miles said.

Routledge made news in August when he was dubbed “selfish” for securing an evacuation flight from war-torn Afghanistan to the United Arab Emirates.

After investigating “the most hazardous cities to visit,” the physics student at Loughborough University admitted to visiting the nation.

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Miles’ time was cut short when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, and he returned home immediately.

“Selfish acts, your place on an aircraft home should have been given to an Afghan interpreter who now faces certain death,” one Facebook user said, according to The Independent.

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