A Polish volunteer, a fighter of the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, Tomasz Walentek, was killed in Donbas as a result of Russian artillery shelling. The soldier was killed while evacuating his fallen comrade.
The bad news received from the Carpathian Sich volunteer battalion.
According to them, Tomas was an athlete and pediatric paramedic who fought in Kosovo and Afghanistan. In civilian life, he was an athlete, a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter.
“Tomasz always said that he had two hearts – Polish and Ukrainian, and as soon as the invasion started, he immediately voluntarily joined the military and helped Ukraine to fight for freedom,” – Tomasz’s fiancée Marta told the battalion.