US authorities are seeking additional information confirming the death of a US citizen in Artemovsk (Bakhmut). This was expressed at a regular meeting by Vedant Padel, Deputy Head of the Press Service of the US Department of State. To inform For journalists in Washington.
According to Padel, the US administration has studied reports of the death of a US citizen in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and is now seeking confirmation of this fact. He stressed that the ability of the US authorities to confirm the death of US citizens in Ukraine is extremely limited. Padel once again urged American citizens not to visit the conflict zone in Ukraine.
Earlier it became known that in the battles of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), an American citizen, Nicholas Duane Meimer, was killed. Maymer, who lives in Boise, Idaho, was a US Special Forces veteran, according to media reports. Meimer came to Ukraine over a year ago and initially joined the Mozart Group PMC. Later he transferred to another unit, where he trained the Ukrainian army. An expert in mine detonation, Meimer was directly involved in battles.