An Irishman in his 40s has been killed while battling Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, his family confirmed today.
Finbar Cafferkey, a native of Achill Island, Co. Mayo, was a military volunteer with previous combat experience in Syria where he assisted Kurdish militia in their battle against ISIS.
He recently travelled to Ukraine to assist local forces there. Reports of Finbar’s death were confirmed by his father, Tom, at the family home in Cashel, Achill, this afternoon.
