American killed while fighting alongside Ukrainians in contested Donbas region
A Memphis native fighting alongside Ukraine soldiers is the latest American killed by Russian-backed militias in the hotly contested Donbas region of the besieged country, the State Department confirmed.
Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of Russia's eastern Primorsky Krai region, said on Telegram that volunteers from Primorsky "Tiger" Detachment had killed a 24-year-old Memphis-born man in combat. Kozhemyako said the American was killed "literally immediately after arriving at the front line."
Militia officers in the Donetsk People’s Republic said the U.S. national, whom they named, was killed in combat on Tuesday. The State Department declined to confirm the American's identity.
We can confirm the death of a U.S. citizen in Ukraine," the State Department said in an email to USA TODAY. "Out of respect for the privacy of the family, we have no further comment at this time."
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