2 US Military Veterans Killed During ‘Heavy Enemy Fire’ While Fighting in Ukraine

Ukrainian servicemen ride on a tank not far from the front line in the Kharkiv region amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on July 6, 2023. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images

Two U.S. military veterans have been killed in fighting against Russian forces in Ukraine, according to officials, marking the latest deaths among American volunteers.

Andrew Irvin Webber, a volunteer in Ukraine’s 59th Motorized Brigade, and Lance Lawrence, who had served in the Marine Corps, died during the same operation in Ukraine on July 29, according to Ryan O’Leary, a U.S. Army veteran who leads foreigners in Ukraine’s 59th Motorized Brigade.