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| Ukraine conflict: British man Scott Sibley killed |
| 2022-04-29 |
| [BBC] A British national has been killed in Ukraine and a second is missing, the UK Foreign Office has said. Sources in Ukraine told the BBC the dead man is Scott Sibley, who is understood to have been fighting for Ukrainian forces. He is the first British national confirmed to have been killed in the conflict and has been described as a "friend like no other". The Foreign Office has not released the identity of either person. But a spokesman said it was supporting both their families. Details of Mr Sibley's death and how or when the second person went missing have not been given. Diplomatic sources have said it was most likely the two individuals were foreign volunteers serving with Ukrainian armed forces in either Mariupol or elsewhere in Donbas. Tributes have been paid online to Mr Sibley, who is understood to be a former member of British armed forces, including on Facebook and on fundraising pages set up in his memory. A post on the Logistics Support Squadron Facebook page described him as a "former serving soldier" of the squadron and said he had "showed Commando spirit until the end". The founder of a fundraising page described Mr Sibley, also known as Sibs, as a "friend like no other" and "the bravest person I've had the pleasure to have known". "His life may have been cut short but he lived to the full and did things the Sibs way, right until the end," he wrote. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 I thought about answering that thread #5, but I would have gotten tsked by the mods instantly. So I just seethed quietly. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-04-29 14:03 |
| #5 $4: haven't you heard that your children dont belong to you? 'big-guy' says so |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2022-04-29 09:26 |
| #4 I'm sorry but that's just irresponsible. His first duty was to his family and he betrayed that. That's who he needed to be taking care of. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-04-29 07:11 |
| #2 Marine veteran dies fighting alongside Ukrainians; Widow calls him a 'hero' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-29 06:06 |
| #1 Former US marine Willy Joseph Cancel, 22, of Orange County, New York, the husband and father of a seven-month-old son had died in the Ukraine on Monday. |
| Posted by: Clusosh Floluter6074 2022-04-29 02:34 |