A former British soldier has been killed fighting in #Ukraine – his family have announced. Jordan Gatley left the British Army in March & died in the battle for the eastern city of Severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting in recent days

Mr Gatley served in the British army as a rifleman with the Edinburgh-based third battalion of The Rifles and was discharged from the forces in March before travelling to Ukraine.

There has been fierce street fighting in Severodonetsk with heavy artillery said to be causing huge casualties for both Russian and Ukrainian forces.

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I can't condone his going AWOL from the British Army to go to Ukraine, but he died in the war against fascism, in the most intense house-to-house fighting in Severodonetsk. Jordan Gatley was a hero.