Lithuanian soldier killed in action fighting for Ukraine against Russia
The body of Tomas Valentelis, a Lithuanian soldier who fought for Ukraine against Russia, was retrieved from the battlefield on the night of 6-7 April. Source: Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, as reported by European Pravda Details: Another Lithuanian military volunteer, who goes by the alias Jara and who served alongside Valentelis, reported his death.
Advertisement:"It all happened overnight.
Tomas's documents and personal belongings were not found - it's possible he had already been searched by the enemy," he said.
Tomas's father, Dainius Valentelis, confirmed the information to the broadcaster.
Background:
Advertisement:- In January, it was reported that another volunteer from Georgia, Kakha Tilidze, along with Edgars Platonovs from Latvia and Richard S. from Austria, had been killed in action while fighting for Ukraine.
- That same month, it was also reported that Filip Antosiak, a 19-year-old Polish military volunteer who had left his studies in the UK to join a Ukrainian strike UAV unit, had been killed in action near Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast.
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