He had fought in Iraq and Kosovo, the British sniper is killed in Ukraine

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He had fought in Iraq and Kosovo, the British sniper is killed in Ukraine
Christopher Perryman

Former British Army sniper Christopher Perryman, 38, has been killed in Ukraine after volunteering to fight Russian occupation forces. He died on a mission after joining a unit of Western volunteers in Ukraine.

Known by the nickname "Pezz", he had also served in Kosovo and Iraq as part of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

He made his first trip to Lviv in western Ukraine shortly after the February 24 invasion.

He was originally intended to train Ukrainian troops, but joined the front line in the country's southeast after a commander said they urgently needed fighters, according to the Daily Mail.

He had fought in Iraq and Kosovo, the British sniper is killed in Ukraine

He was part of a unit of foreign volunteers who fought for weeks alongside troops from Ukraine to protect a vital bridge across the Southern Bug River between Odessa and Mykolaiv using UK-supplied anti-tank weapons to destroy Russian armour. .

Christophet traveled to the war-torn southeast of the country to take weapons to the front line after a local commander told him they were 'desperate' for fighters, joining a reconnaissance team and then a Marine battalion.

He left behind his 11-year-old son.

His sister wrote on social media: 'Last night our hearts were broken and our world shattered. We lost Pezz Perryman. He died a true hero, fighting a war that wasn't his, I don't think we as a family will ever get over that. He went to Ukraine to help others and it cost him his life."


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