A Frenchman was killed “in fights” in Ukraine, announced, Friday, June 3, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one hundred days after the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
“We learned the sad news that a Frenchman had been fatally injured in fighting in Ukrainesaid the Quai d’Orsay in a written response. We extend our condolences to his family. » According to a security source interviewed by AFP, the man was “a combatant who left as a volunteer”. Neither the identity of this man nor the place where he was killed have been communicated.
An International Ukrainian Defense Legion
European 1 reported on Thursday of one “first French fighter” killed in Ukraine, “mortally wounded by artillery fire” in the Kharkiv region (north-east). “The young man had joined the Ukrainian International Defense Legion and participated in the fighting against the Russian army”according to the radio.
The war in Ukraine entered its 100 on Fridaye day. Shortly after Russia began to invade his country on February 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the formation of a “international legion” foreign volunteers to help defend Ukraine.