Lhe Quai d’Orsay announced on Friday that a Frenchman had been killed “in fighting” in Ukraine at 100e day of the Russian invasion. “We learned the sad news that a Frenchman had been mortally wounded in fighting in Ukraine,” the Foreign Ministry said in a written response. “We extend our condolences to his family. According to a security source interviewed by Agence France-Presse, the man was “a fighter who left as a volunteer”.
The identity of this man has not been communicated nor the place where he perished. Europe 1 had reported on Thursday of a “first French fighter” killed in Ukraine, “mortally wounded by artillery fire” in the Kharkiv region (North-East). “The young man had joined the Ukrainian International Defense Legion and participated in the fighting against the Russian army”, according to Europe 1. Contacted by our colleagues, this Friday, the mother of this fighter, Catherine declared to be “very proud of him “He had found his place there (in Ukraine, editor’s note),” she said.
The United Kingdom had reported at the end of April the death of one of its nationals and the disappearance of another. According to British media, the slain was a British Army veteran. His former comrades had paid tribute to him on a Facebook page and a fundraising page had been set up. According to British media, the two nationals were fighting against Russian forces as volunteers.
100th day of war in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine entered its 100 on Fridaye day. Shortly after Russia invaded his country on February 24, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the formation of an “international legion” of foreign volunteers to help him defend Ukraine.
“Victory will be ours,” said Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, after admitting the day before that Russian troops currently occupied “about 20%” of the country. The Kremlin, for its part, claims to have achieved “some” of the objectives of its invasion supposed to “denazify” Ukraine and protect its Russian-speaking population and intends “to continue until all the objectives of the special military operation are fulfilled”.
“Ukraine, in its entire territory, is a war zone,” insisted the Quai d’Orsay in its written response. “In this context, it is strictly advised against traveling to Ukraine, whatever the reason. »
