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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Briton, 18, killed by Russian drone minutes into first mission in Ukraine – report

James Wilton was 17 when he left the UK to join the fight against Russia.
James Wilton was 17 when he left the UK to join the fight against Russia. Photograph: Doug Seeburg/News Group Newspapers Ltd

An 18-year-old British man was killed in a Russian drone strike, just minutes into his first mission after volunteering to fight in Ukraine.

James Wilton, from Huddersfield, in West Yorkshire, was 17 when he left the UK to fight against Russia, flying from Manchester to Poland before crossing the border into Ukraine.

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