Willy Joseph Cancel was killed Monday while working for a military contracting company that sent him to Ukraine.
Willy Joseph Cancel was killed Monday while working for a military contracting company that sent him to Ukraine, his mother, Rebecca Cabrera, told CNN.
Cabrera said her son had signed up to work with the private military contractor shortly before fighting began in Ukraine on Feb. 24. She told CNN he agreed to go to Ukraine. The U.S. government said it had seen reports about the death but did not have official confirmation, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.Psaki reiterated warnings against U.S. citizens traveling to Ukraine.
She said her son flew to Poland on March 12 and entered Ukraine shortly after, to fight alongside men from a number of countries. The fundraising page said Cancel's wife got a call Tuesday informing her of his death. The father wrote that Cancel decided to go to Ukraine because he wanted to defend innocent people.
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