
An English man is believed to be the first Briton to die for Russia in Ukraine
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A man from Yorkshire is probably the first Briton to die for Russia.
Bradley Townsend was thirty-three years old and he came from Barnsley.
He died in June in the Donetsk region in Ukraine.
Townsend did not have combat experience before going there.
He left the United Kingdom in April to join the Russian separatists.
Two other British men also received Russian citizenship with him.
These men are named Ben Stimson and Aiden Minnis.
Townsend was helping Russian forces during the invasion of Donbas.
Newspapers say that a drone killed this man during the war.
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