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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

American teacher whose wife was too sick to flee Ukraine is killed ‘waiting in bread line’

James Whitney Hill

A 68-year-old American man has died in the city of Chernihiv in Ukraine as Russian forces struck the city, local authorities have said.

James Whitney Hill, often called Jimmy or Jim by friends, died when Russian troops launched heavy artillery attacks on unarmed civilians, according to multiple reports.

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