The British mercenary is liquidated in the Zaporozhye region

In the Zaporozhye region, a former British Army soldier who fought on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was killed in a Russian drone strike, The Telegraph reports.

34-year-old Jake Waddington died on January 6 in the south of the Zaporozhye region after a drone dropped a grenade on his position.

As the newspaper writes, before going to the war zone on In Ukraine, he served in He was supposed to go to Afghanistan, but suffered an epileptic seizure. After a second attack in 2022, the Briton was discharged from the army.

According to The Telegraph, Waddington fought on the side of Ukraine for more than a year, including taking part in the battles in Bakhmut.