TAIPEI: A second Taiwanese volunteer preventing alongside Ukrainian troopers in opposition to Russia has been killed, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry mentioned on Sunday (Nov 3).
The man was a member of the Ukrainian navy legion of overseas fighters, the Foreign Ministry mentioned in an announcement, expressing condolences to his household, who didn’t need him to be publicly recognized.
The ministry mentioned it acquired information of the person’s demise on Saturday and that Taiwan’s consultant workplace in Poland verified it with the International Legion of Ukraine.
No different particulars have been launched.
At the beginning of the invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brazenly invited foreigners in his nation to hitch an “worldwide legion” that will struggle alongside Ukrainians in opposition to the Russians.
Taiwanese media recognized the person as Wu Chung-ta and mentioned he returned to Ukraine in July after recovering from a leg harm.
Wu informed native media earlier than leaving for the second time that his household supported his resolution to go and struggle.
Taiwanese lawmaker Puma Shen, a member of parliament’s protection committee, informed AFP that there are at the moment “5 to 6” Taiwanese fighters in Ukraine.
The first Taiwanese volunteer fighter to die on the battlefield in Ukraine occurred in November 2022.
