105Foreign Language Friday: Taken on a Central line tube train in London, UK it says “Close your eyes – think of an enemy”.

This Ukrainian was told it as a teenager while living beneath the banner of the old USSR. It’s what his school teacher used to tell his class as they learned to strip down and re-assemble AK 47 machine guns with their eyes shut.

"The teacher meant the Americans," he explained. When asked about his machine gun handling skills, he said: "I wasn't the best, but I wasn't the worst."