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The two Americans killed during an intense battle with Russia on the frontlines in Ukraine have been identified as more details surrounding the “ambush” are revealed.
Luke “Skywalker” Lucyszyn and Bryan Young were among a group of Americans, Canadians, and Swedish citizens killed on July 18 when they were hit by a surprise attack by a Russian tank in the eastern Donetsk region.
The Ukrainian commander in charge of the foreign fighters’ squad, Ruslan Miroshnichenko, confirmed the identities of the Americans along with Canadian Emile-Antoine Roy-Sirois and Edvard Selander Patrignani of Sweden. The group were killed when the Russian tank fired on the special operations force, Miroshnichenko told Politico.