Politico newspaper reports elimination of mercenaries from US, Canada, Sweden in Donbass

A Canadian and Swedish man were killed alongside two Americans while fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region, POLITICO has reported.

The four foreign fighters were killed on July 18 when a Russian tank opened fire during a battle at the frontline in the Donetsk region, POLITICO cited their commander as saying.

Ruslan Miroshnichenko told POLITICO that the men were part of a special operations force in the Territorial Defence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Their unit has been based near Siversk, but they had been deployed to the village of Hryhorivka to try to slow Russia’s advance.

The US Department of State confirmed the deaths of the two Americans on Saturday but said that it would offer no more information out of respect for their families. POLITICO reported the names of the men as given by Miroshnichenko.