Global Affairs Won’t Confirm Reports Canadian Dead in Russia Was Foreign Fighter

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 126th brigade air-defense unit fires by a machine gun during the training in Kherson region, Ukraine, on Oct. 4, 2024. The Associated Press/Marko Ivkov

Global Affairs Canada says it is aware of the death of a Canadian citizen in Russia.

But the department won’t confirm reports the Canadian was among four foreign fighters who had crossed into Russia to fight for Ukraine.