Rejected by the Ukrainian military, Australian Trevor Kjeldal headed to the frontline in search of a battalion that would take him. Last week he was killed in battle.
When would-be soldiers are rejected from Ukraine’s foreign legion, most turn around and go home.
The military unit’s name conjured up images of the international brigades who fought for the Spanish Republic against the fascists in the 1930s. “How are ya?” the Australian said to Durose, 29, as he was being questioned by Ukrainian border guards. The central task of the unit was to liberate the city of Izyum, which had been under Russian occupation since the early days of the invasion.
“I done what I needed to do with that guy, but we didn’t know there was another [Russian] guy behind him… the guy behind him shot Jed straight through his chest, and got a British guy straight through the head.”
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