“We are in touch with the families and providing all possible consular assistance,” a State Department spokesperson said.
Former U.S. Marine Willy Joseph Cancel, 22, was killed in April after agreeing to go to Ukraine as part of his work with a private military contracting company, his mother, Rebecca Cabrera,at the time. Cancel had gone to Ukraine in mid-March and was survived by his wife and their 7-month-old child, she said.
Thousands have lost their lives in the ongoing conflict, according to the United Nations, which said Monday that more than 5,100 civilians had died since late February, more than 340 of whom were children, the U.N. said. The true toll of civilian casualties is, however, believed to be much higher, according to the U.N.
Ukrainian forces were continuing an offensive against Russia in the Kherson province to the west of the Dnipro River, the ministry said, adding that “supply lines of the Russian forces west of the river are increasingly at risk.”
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