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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

British man, 22, from Solihull killed fighting in east Ukraine

Samuel Newey
Samuel Newey pictured in 2020. His brother, Daniel, described him as ‘an exceptional man, a good soldier and one of the bravest people I ever had the privilege of knowing’. Photograph: PA Images/Alamy

A British man has been killed while fighting in east Ukraine, his family have said.

Samuel Newey, a 22-year-old from Solihull, had been volunteering as a fighter in Ukraine for more than a year before he was killed.

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