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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

US hits back at Russian fake news claiming 3 soldiers died in Ukraine: ‘They are alive and well in Tennessee’

Tennessee National Guard

US officials have hit back at a Russian fake media report that claimed three American soldiers had been killed in Ukraine, saying that the men are alive and well back in Tennessee.

Russian state-run newspaper Pravda falsely reported on Thursday that three “US mercenaries” – named as current or former Tennessee National Guard members Captain Michael Hawker, Lieutenant Logan Shrum and Lieutenant Cruz Toblin – had been killed while fighting in Ukraine.

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