TAIPEI: A second Taiwanese volunteer preventing alongside Ukrainian troopers towards Russia has been killed, Taiwan’s international ministry stated on Sunday (Nov 3).
The person was a member of Ukraine’s army legion of international fighters, the international ministry stated in a press release, expressing condolences to his household, who didn’t need him publicly recognized.
The ministry stated they acquired stories of the person’s demise on Saturday and Taiwan’s consultant workplace in Poland verified it with Ukraine’s Worldwide Legion.
No different particulars had been launched.
At first of the invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brazenly invited foreigners to his nation to hitch an “worldwide legion” that may battle side-by-side with Ukrainians towards the Russians.
Taiwanese media recognized the person as Wu Chung-ta and stated he returned to Ukraine in July after recovering from a leg damage.
Wu informed native media earlier than he left for the second time that his household supported his determination to go battle.
Taiwanese legislator Puma Shen, who’s a member of the parliament’s defence committee, informed AFP there have been at the moment “5 to 6” Taiwanese fighters in Ukraine.
The primary Taiwanese volunteer fighter to die on the battlefield in Ukraine was in November 2022.
