Rangers legend Alexei Mikhailichenko will battle to oust the Russian military from his native Ukraine.
The previous Ibrox hero and son Alexei junior have pledged their companies to the resistance.
Mikhailichenko Snr, 58, has no army coaching however each he and his elder son will do all the things to cease the invaders’ march on their dwelling metropolis of Kyiv.
Chatting with the Every day Document, Alexei Jnr, 38, stated: “My dad and I've signed up for the territorial defence forces. That is the civilian unit of the defence power and if wanted, sure we’re able to defend our nation.
“We had nice preparation in the course of the Maidan Revolution, when Ukrainian society got here collectively to assist one another in 2014.
“My dad and I are prepared to assist. We don’t have army expertise however we’ll assist any means we are able to by monitoring the realm, driving the troopers or getting meals to them.”
Mikhailichenko Snr wrote his identify into Gers historical past as a part of their nine-in-a-row crew.
The Ukraine worldwide has been inundated with messages of goodwill together with from his previous Rangers captain Richard Gough.
“These messages imply a lot,” stated Miko, who's now president of the Ukrainian FA.
“I like Rangers very a lot. I performed for the membership for therefore a few years and fell in love with the membership and folks of Glasgow.
“The Scots and the Ukrainians have one factor in widespread and that’s their will to battle for his or her freedom.”
Final week the Every day Document revealed how Mikhailichenko was holed up in his metropolis flat with spouse Inna, sons Alexei and Matthew plus different family.
Mikhailichenko has now moved the household to the nation.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has banned grownup males aged between 18 and 60 from leaving as he tries to scramble collectively a defence power.
However that has left Mikhailichenko with a heartbreaking determination whether or not to ship 17-year-old Matthew away. Alexei Jnr stated: “My dad and I can't go away as we’re aged between 18 and 60. However at this stage I don’t suppose we need to go away both.
“Why ought to we go away our dwelling as a result of the Russians suppose they will do that?
“Proper now we’re about 20km away from the centre of Kyiv in our nation home.
“Usually all of us stay proper within the centre of the town, close to to the Verkhovna Rada [Ukraine’s parliament]. However that’s a very harmful place proper now so we’ve moved to our nation home.
“We will nonetheless see rockets hitting an space about 30km from the place we at the moment are – however that’s quite a bit nearer to our dwelling within the metropolis.
“We’re comparatively protected for now – properly as protected as we might be. However it's a fixed fear about what will occur.
“You may by no means calm down. The ambiance is tense.
“We do hold going again and ahead on whether or not to depart due to Matthew. He’s 17 and we’d prefer to get him to security. However he additionally needs to stick with us.
“We’re additionally a household, so it’s like both all of us go or none of us. That’s the choice that’s been made presently.
“It’s a tough name. We’re consistently going backwards and forwards asking, ‘What can we do?’ However presently we’re staying collectively.
“We’re holding on. The state of affairs is our troops are combating properly however they're bombing us quite a bit.
“There’s loads of civilians getting harm. They're utilizing rockets and hitting residential homes and youngsters’s hospitals. It’s horrible.
“The store cabinets are empty and there are queues for meals. All of the classics of battle.
“Proper now issues are OK however there may be military all over the place and barricades blocking loads of the roads. We will’t exit at sure instances as a result of martial legislation has been carried out. We simply have to wish that we are able to discover a strategy to survive.”