The British Ministry of Defense issued a statement on December 9, local time, saying that a member of the British armed forces suffered a “tragic accident” while “observing tests of new defense capabilities” in Ukraine and died due to serious injuries. The report said that this is the first time since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict escalated in February 2022 that the British side publicly confirmed the death of a British soldier in Ukraine.

The British Ministry of Defense issued a statement on December 9, local time, saying that a member of the British armed forces suffered a “tragic accident” while “observing tests of new defense capabilities” in Ukraine and died due to serious injuries. The report said that this is the first time since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict escalated in February 2022 that the British side publicly confirmed the death of a British soldier in Ukraine.