Reports suggest that the soldier is Tymofiy Mykolayovych Shadura, who has been missing since last month.
Ukraine has vowed to avenge the death of a soldier it said was shot by Russian troops in a video that spread on social media.
The video, which emerged online on Monday, purportedly shows the killing of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier. In a statement last night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said"the occupiers" killed"a warrior who bravely said to their faces:"Slava Ukraini!", or"Glory to Ukraine!"But Ukraine's 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade said the deceased was thought to be serviceman Tymofiy Mykolayovych Shadura, who has been missing since 3 February, after hostilities in the area of the city of Bakhmut.
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