A British volunteer involved in intense fighting in the Donbas cities of Severodonetsk and Bakhmut has been killed following a skirmish with Russian forces.
Jay Morais, from Bristol, was involved in intense fighting in the Donbas cities of Severodonetsk and Bakhmut,It is understood he died in hospital in Kharkiv after being in combat against Russian invaders in late February.
Mr Morais previously said the adrenaline he got from fighting stopped him feeling scared, adding he was not brave just ‘wired different’.Half of his ashes were laid at a cemetery in Kyiv, while the rest were sent home to his family members in Britain. Paying tribute, Ms Martynova said: 'Jay was a very special guy, beautiful and crazy at the same time.Mr Morais is believed to be the fifth British volunteer to die in Ukraine
'He was a professional soldier, but he would always say that it wasn’t important how many enemies he’d killed, but how many people he’d saved.
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