Volunteer and Marine veteran Pete Reed was killed while helping civilians in Bakhmut during the Russia-Ukraine war, Global Response Medicine said.
An American volunteer aid worker, Pete Reed, was killed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Thursday while aiding civilians, according to a statement from Global Response Medicine, the humanitarian aid group he founded,Reed, a US Marine veteran, was listed as "killed while rendering aid" on a mission with another organization, GRM said in a statement posted on social media.. Pete was the bedrock of GRM, serving as Board President for 4 years.
A US State Department spokesperson confirmed "the recent death of a US citizen in Ukraine" when asked for comment. Reed's wife, Alex Kay Potter, wrote on Instagram that her husband not only lived for his duty but apparently died saving another team member's life.
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