A spokesman for the US Navy confirmed to the US television network CBS that Daniel Swift – a former member of the elite unit Navy SEALs, who had been declared a deserter on March 11, 2019 – was killed in Ukraine.
An American, a former commando of the elite unit of the Navy SEALs of the US Navy, was killed on Wednesday in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine.
A spokesman for the US Navy confirmed to the US television network CBS that Daniel Swift – a former member of the elite unit Navy SEALs, who had been declared a deserter on March 11, 2019 – was killed in Ukraine.
The official said he had nothing to add about why the former US commando was in Ukraine.
Swift enlisted in the US Navy in 2005 and was decorated for action in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to CBS.
The Biden administration has discouraged American citizens from traveling to Ukraine to fight the Russian invaders, but many have defied the recommendations and some have died during the war that began in February 2022.
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