British man killed fighting for Ukraine’s foreign volunteer platoon

10/11/2024 18:33 The Guardian

Family of Callum Tindal-Draper, 22, say he died following his ‘heart, soul and morals’ and was ‘as brave as they come’A British man has been killed while fighting in Ukraine for the country’s foreign volunteer platoon.Callum Tindal-Draper, 22, had travelled to the country to join the fight against Russia despite his family’s pleas for him not to. His father, Steven Draper, paid tribute to his son, a former NHS worker from Gunnislake in Cornwall, in an interview with BBC News. Continue reading...

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