An unlikely group of Ukrainian rebels is wielding weapons instead of their usual movie cameras to right off the Russians.The self-proclaimed “Cinematographer Battalion” includes Dmitiry Tomashpolski, a 63-year-old filmmaker with heart issues, who left his home in Kyiv Friday to defend the Ukrainian capital, according to his friend and East Village resident Ronya Lozynskyj.Lozynskyj received a photo of Tomashpolski a few weeks ago with a pump-action shotgun – a weapon he had never used before – resting on his right shoulder and a calm, pleasant smile across his bearded face.
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