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Brit reportedly 'killed by drone strike in Ukraine' is first Brit to die fighting FOR Putin in Ukraine

The Mirror UK News · 24 August 2026 at 15:45

Brit reportedly 'killed by drone strike in Ukraine' is first Brit to die fighting FOR Putin in Ukraine

Bradley Townsend, 33, a fisherman from Barnsley in South Yorkshire left the UK in April to fight alongside Putin’s armed forces before being killed in a drone attack in the Donetsk region of Ukraine

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Brit reportedly 'killed by drone strike in Ukraine' is first Brit to die fighting FOR Putin in Ukraine

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