TAIPEI: A second Taiwanese volunteer preventing alongside Ukrainian troopers in opposition to Russia has been killed, Taiwan’s international ministry stated on Sunday (Nov 3).
The person was a member of Ukraine’s navy legion of international fighters, the international ministry stated in a press release, expressing condolences to his household, who didn’t need him publicly recognized.
The ministry stated they obtained studies of the person’s dying on Saturday and Taiwan’s consultant workplace in Poland verified it with Ukraine’s Worldwide Legion.
No different particulars had been launched.
At the beginning of the invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy overtly invited foreigners to his nation to affix an “worldwide legion” that might struggle side-by-side with Ukrainians in opposition to the Russians.
Taiwanese media recognized the person as Wu Chung-ta and stated he returned to Ukraine in July after recovering from a leg harm.
Wu advised native media earlier than he left for the second time that his household supported his resolution to go struggle.
Taiwanese legislator Puma Shen, who’s a member of the parliament’s defence committee, advised AFP there have been presently “5 to 6” Taiwanese fighters in Ukraine.
The primary Taiwanese volunteer fighter to die on the battlefield in Ukraine was in November 2022.
