ITV News published this video item, entitled “Former British soldier Jordan Gatley died covering Ukrainian retreat, friend says | ITV News” – below is their description.
A former British soldier who has been dubbed “a true hero” by friends and family died covering his squad’s escape from Russian troops, ITV News has been told.
The battle for the strategic city of Sieverodonetsk in eastern Ukraine has become one of the bloodiest of this whole brutal war – with as many as a hundred Ukrainian troops being killed every day.
One of those killed was Jordan Gatley, a British army veteran who’d volunteered to lead, train, and fight alongside Ukrainian forces.
Anton, a combat engineer with eight years service in the Canadian military, described the near hand to hand fighting that he and Jordan were engaged in on the day his friend and comrade was killed.
Their squad had become pinned down by Russian special forces and encroaching tank units, with Anton describing their chances of escape as “minimal”.
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