TAIPEI: A second Taiwanese volunteer combating alongside Ukrainian troopers in opposition to Russia has been killed, Taiwan’s overseas ministry mentioned on Sunday (Nov 3).
The person was a member of Ukraine’s navy legion of overseas fighters, the overseas ministry mentioned in a press release, expressing condolences to his household, who didn’t need him publicly recognized.
The ministry mentioned they obtained stories of the person’s loss of life on Saturday and Taiwan’s consultant workplace in Poland verified it with Ukraine’s Worldwide Legion.
No different particulars had been launched.
Firstly of the invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy overtly invited foreigners to his nation to hitch an “worldwide legion” that might combat side-by-side with 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 instructed native media earlier than he left for the second time that his household supported his resolution to go combat.
Taiwanese legislator Puma Shen, who’s a member of the parliament’s defence committee, instructed AFP there have been at present “5 to 6” Taiwanese fighters in Ukraine.
The primary Taiwanese volunteer fighter to die on the battlefield in Ukraine was in November 2022.
