British father-of-two killed by a landmine while rescuing wounded soldiers in Ukraine

Mr. Yatsunyk, who was formerly given a bravery medal by the Ukrainian military, is thought to have served in the British Army reserve for four years before returning to his native Ukraine from rural Oxfordshire.

During Putin’s 2014 invasion on Ukraine, he amassed funds and supplies to bring home to troops.

When Putin launched an additional invasion of Ukraine, the ‘patriot’ felt impelled to protect his nation.

‘He told me, “If we don’t fight, who will fight for us?” He was an honest person who would help anyone, he had a good heart,’ Roman added.

Roman stated that Mr. Yatsunyk asked him to get a bulletproof vest from a London residence the day before to his March flight to Poland.

He recalled conversing with Mr. Yatsunyk, who was fighting in Ukraine as the head of a battalion responsible for rescuing wounded troops.

In his farewell communication to his close buddy Roman, he requested assistance obtaining components for military drones, indicating that he remained committed to protecting his country.

Roman said, “That was his last message to me.”

Despite the continuing fighting, Mrs. Yatsunyk has travelled to Ukraine to retrieve her husband’s remains, with the funeral scheduled for later this week.

In recent weeks, President Zelensky’s troops have made gains and reclaimed Russian-occupied villages as part of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the chief of the Armed Forces, has said that Putin is “failing on all of his military strategic objectives” and that the Russian effort to grab control of Ukraine “is not going to happen.”

Craig Stanley Mackintosh, a British volunteer doctor, was slain in Kharkiv only last month – one of four British people reported to have perished in Ukraine since the conflict started.

Jordan Gatley, 24, and Scott Silbey, 36, were the first two British soldiers to be killed in Ukraine.