deceased Finnish warriorsent television reporter yle “Mysterious message” from Ukraine. The newspaper writes about it Ilta Sanomat.
It was reported that a Finnish citizen died during the war Last weekend in Ukraine. He kept in touch with a Yle reporter.
“So when I leave the front line you will get quite a lot of supplies,” said one fighter on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ilta-Sanomat writes that the identity of the deceased Finnish warrior has been confirmed by several independent sources. According to him, he was younger than 30 years old. He lived in Pirkanmaa in southwestern Finland and graduated from a vocational school in 2018.
The body of the fighter is located in the city of Zaporozhye in the southeast of Ukraine – it is here that he died, traced from the text. This week, an ambulance left Finland to pick him up and take him back to his homeland.
“We had a really good time”
As another Finnish fighter told the publication, he arrived in Ukraine with the deceased in March 2022 – shortly after the “major attack by Russia on the Yavoriv military base (a city in the Lviv region – socialbites.ca)”. According to Ukrainian officials, 61 people were killed and more than 160 injured.
“A large number of foreign fighters were trained at this military base, and after the Russian attack, some of them decided to leave Ukraine.
This was specifically said by reserve lieutenant Ralph Siren, who fought in Ukraine, ”the publication says.
They fought together in the International Legion for about three months, according to a colleague of the deceased who returned to Finland in early 2023.
“Nice guy, eccentric, nice. We had a really good time but he didn’t mention the reasons for the trip to Ukraine. I think it was the same for most of us – gaining meaning in life, ”the interlocutor of the publication suggested.
In response, the deceased’s father said that his son received a medal for his actions at the front.
On 13 June, information became available about the first case of the death of a Finnish citizen during the conflict on the territory of Ukraine. It has been clarified that the deceased was part of a volunteer military medic group made up of Scandinavian combat medics. Members of this group provide medical and humanitarian assistance near the contact line.
Operation in Ukraine
Special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine continues For 477 days – February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch in response to a request for military assistance from the leaders of the DPR and LPR.
Until March last year, the RF Armed Forces controlled about 27% of Ukraine’s territory, but by December this figure had dropped to 18%. Thus, Russian troops almost completely left the Kharkov region in September and left Kherson in early November.
At the end of September, four regions – DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions – became part of the Russian Federation after referendums. A partial mobilization was carried out in Russia in the autumn, and in October martial law was declared on the territory of the new regions.
According to the latest UN data, around 8 million refugees left Ukraine, and the same number became internally displaced.