Second Taiwanese fighter killed in Ukraine

 

FILE – A volunteer soldier of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion takes a video at a makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian and foreign soldiers on Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 23, 2024.

Taipei, Taiwan —

A second Taiwanese volunteer fighting alongside Ukrainian soldiers against Russia has been killed, Taiwan\’s foreign ministry said Sunday.

The man was a member of the Ukrainian Foreign Legion, the ministry said in a statement, expressing condolences to his family, who did not want him publicly identified.

The ministry said it was informed of the man\’s death Saturday and that Taiwan\’s representative office in Poland had verified the information with the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.

No further details were released about how he died.

At the start of the invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy openly invited foreigners to come to his country to join a "foreign legion" that would fight alongside Ukrainians against the invading Russians.

Taiwanese media reported that the soldier returned to Ukraine in July after recovering from a leg injury.

There are currently "five to six" Taiwanese fighters in Ukraine, Taiwanese lawmaker Puma Shen, a member of the parliamentary defense committee, told AFP.

The first Taiwanese volunteer died on the battlefield in Ukraine in November 2022.

 

By：VOA