A former Army Green Beret died this week after he was caught in a Russian artillery barrage while fighting on the side of Ukraine in the besieged city of Bakhmut.
Retired Staff Sgt. Nicholas Maimer, 45, was in a building that collapsed after being hit by an artillery bombardment during front-line fighting in eastern“From what I understand, he was providing [Ukrainians] with firsthand training in that area so that they can continue to do the fight, and he got caught behind enemy lines,” retired Army Lt. Col. Perry Blackburn told the Idaho Statesman newspaper.Mr.
On Tuesday, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian Wagner Group mercenary army, displayed what he claimed were the body and identification documents of an American military veteran on the group’s Telegram channel.“Of course, I will hand over the body of the American,” Mr. Prigozhin said.“We have always known him to be a humble, compassionate man that carried on the Special Forces motto, ‘De Opresso Liber’ — Free the Oppressed. Nick was a humanitarian at heart,” he said.
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