Foreign Office says support being provided to families of the pair, reported to have volunteered to fight against Russia
Composite: The Guardian design teamComposite: The Guardian design teamA British citizen has been killed in Ukraine and a second is missing, the Foreign Office has confirmed, amid reports that both may have been volunteers who had gone to fight in the country.
In a statement the Foreign Office said: “We can confirm that a British national has been killed in Ukraine and are supporting their family.” On the missing person, the spokesperson said: “We are aware of a British national who is missing in Ukraine and are supporting their family. We are urgently seeking further information.”
The Foreign Office offered no further details, including whether the two cases were related and where the death occurred. Sky News reported the pair were thought to be volunteers fighting against Russian forces, but this has not been confirmed. A number of Britons, including former servicepeople, have volunteered to fight with the Ukrainian armed forces, some travelling to Ukraine well before the outbreak of hostilities and others going to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion.in the besieged southern port of Mariupol. Aiden Aslin and his fellow British fighter Shaun Pinner surrendered after their unit ran out of ammunition in their position inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where the last Ukrainian defenders have been surrounded.
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