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Liam Buckler

Body of American, 24, killed in Ukraine held as part of war crimes investigation

The body of a 24-year-old man killed while fighting in Ukraine is now being held as part of a war crimes investigation, his family have been told.

US solider Joshua Jones, 24, was fighting for the Ukrainian Foreign Legion when he was killed on August 26 in the Donbas region.

Russian troops held onto his body for several weeks following his death as his family tried to bring him back to the US.

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