US confirms American volunteer fighter killed while fighting alongside Ukraine's military

United States Department of State confirmed death of a US "volunteer fighter" in war-torn Ukraine amid ongoing Russian invasion. On Friday, August 26, a US State Department spokesperson told Newsweek, “We can confirm death of a US citizen in Ukraine” and also added, “Out of respect for privacy of family, we have furr comment at this time.” Meanwhile, a Russian official claimed that an American who had been volunteering to defend Ukraine was killed by Russian forces. 

Primorsky Krai's goverr, Oleg Kozhemyako, said on his Telegram channel that members of Primorsky "Tiger" Detachment had killed a 24-year-old American soldier in battle and produced his US passport and a Ukrainian military card as proof. According to documents provided by Kozhemyako, individual was born in Tennessee and joined Ukrainian military on July 24 with A344 military unit.  

American mercenary killed by Russian forces in Ukraine

Kozhemyako wrote in post, “An American mercenary has been destroyed in Ukraine. And this is in first clash literally immediately after arriving at front line!" According to him, "Tiger" volunteers were approached by a group of trained foreign mercenaries fighting for Ukrainian military. Indicating fight, he said that Russian volunteers "did t flinch and repulsed attack," Newsweek reported. However, local goverr made mention of time or location in Ukraine where American was reportedly killed. 

It is to mention that at least six Americans have died so far while battling Russia in Ukraine. Besides this, in month of July, American citizens Luke Lucyszyn and Bryan Young lost ir lives toger with two Canadians and two Swedes while volunteering to fight in Ukraine against Russian soldiers. y were slain on July 18 when a Russian tank ambushed m, according to ir Ukrainian commander Ruslan Miroshnichenko, who posted news on Facebook. 

Additionally, two more Americans were killed while fighting in Ukraine were 22-year-old Willy Joseph Cancel, who died in combat in April, and Stephen Zabielski, 52, who was slain in May in town of Dorozhnyanka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.  

Meanwhile, on Thursday,  Russian military said that it had attacked a military train near Chaplyne that was transporting Ukrainian soldiers and military hardware to front line in Donbas. In a statement, Russian Defence Ministry claimed that Chaplyne was hit by an Iskander missile and that over 200 reserve members of Ukrainian Armed Forces and "10 units of military equipment were destroyed on ir way to combat zone" in eastern Donbas region, which includes provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, according to Associated Press report. 

(Im: AP)