Samuel Newey: British volunteer, 22, killed fighting in Ukraine

A British unpaid has been killed warring alongside Ukrainian forces, his household person said.

Samuel Newey, 22, had been successful the state for implicit a year, his member Daniel said.

Posting connected societal media helium wrote: "My small member Sam was killed successful enactment yesterday successful Eastern Ukraine. I cannot enactment into words however breached I feel.

"Sam you gave your beingness for radical you ne'er knew and acted with courage, morality and honour."

Samuel Newey had conscionable turned 21 erstwhile helium decided to question to Ukraine "to propulsion backmost against Russian Imperialism", his member wrote successful a Facebook post.

"Not lone are you my small brother, but you're an exceptional man, a bully worker and 1 of the bravest radical I ever had the privilege of knowing," helium said.

"Thank you truthful overmuch for being portion of my beingness for these 22 years. I emotion you ever brother."

In 2020, Samuel Newey and his begetter Paul, from Solihull, were charged with coercion offences successful narration to Daniel's determination to articulation the Kurdish YPG militia to combat the Islamic State (IS) group.

The begetter denied 1 number of backing coercion with Samuel besides denying a complaint of assisting his member to hole for acts of terrorism.

At the time, the Kurdish YPG were the main constituent of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a Western state against IS and supported by the UK government.

Paul Newey posted connected his Facebook leafage his lad had been killed connected Wednesday greeting "in combat warring for the Ukraine".