Taiwanese Volunteer Soldier Killed While Fighting for Ukraine: Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry

It is the second Taiwanese volunteer soldier to die in combat while fighting for Ukraine.

Soldiers prepare to fire toward Russian positions close to Bakhmut in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on March 8, 2023. Libkos/AP Photo

Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said on Oct. 3 that a Taiwanese volunteer soldier had been killed while fighting alongside Ukrainian troops.

The deputy spokesperson for Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hsiao Kuang-wei, told Taiwan’s state-owned Central News Agency (CNA) that the ministry was informed of the soldier’s death on Nov. 2, without disclosing his name, the date of his death, or the location where he was killed.