- A 27-year-old Czech citizen died on the Ukrainian front.
- The information about his death was announced by the secondary school in Uherský Hradiště.
- The school said the information was provided by the deceased’s mother.
- Several Czech citizens have already died in Ukraine.
A 27-year-old Czech died in the fighting on the Ukrainian front. Without further details, the Middle School of Art and Industry in Uherský Hradiště, where the man studied in the past, informed about it. According to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is registered as missing, writes TASR correspondent in Prague.
“Last week, we received sad news. Our former student of stone sculpting was killed in the war on the Ukrainian front near Izium.” the school stated that he was 27. According to the Czech media, his mother provided the school with information about the death.
The Czech Department of Diplomacy did not confirm the man’s death. “We know about the case of a Czech citizen who is registered as missing. We will not comment on further details,” the server iDNES.cz quoted Mariana Wernerová, the head of the department of communication with the media at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The spokesman of the department, Daniel Drake, added that the ministry is in contact with the family.
As the Novinky.cz server reminded, several Czechs have already died in Ukraine fighting against Russia. One of them in June near Kharkiv, another in February 2024 near Avdijivka or another in March 2023 near Bakhmut.
