A tribute has been paid to Scott Sibley, who was named locally as the deceased, while the identity of the missing remains unknown. Mr Sibley is considered a British Army veteran. He is the first British national known to have been killed in Ukraine after the Russian invasion. He and the missing man are believed to have fought against the invading Russian forces as volunteers supporting the Ukrainian army, although this has not been confirmed. A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We can confirm that a British national was killed in Ukraine and that he was supporting his family.” The spokesman also confirmed that a British national was missing and said that “further information is urgently needed”. The Foreign Office did not provide details on what the couple did in Ukraine or where they were. He did not say when the man was killed or when the other man went missing. Several people have posted tributes to Mr. Sibley on Facebook in recent days, with friends and ex-soldiers referring to the “fallen hero” and “a handsome man in hell.” Mr Sibley’s former regiment, the Accounting Support Squadron, paid tribute to him, writing on Facebook: “This week Sqn lost a former serving soldier. A man who showed commando spirit to the end. RIP. “Scott Sibley,” he wrote. A GoFundMe page was created on Wednesday to raise money for his funeral. By Thursday afternoon, the site had raised £ 3,465 from a £ 5,000 target. Organizer Craig Gant said Mr. Sibley “was a friend like no other and the bravest person I was happy to meet was as good as my brother.” Another fundraiser was organized by a woman who said Mr. Sibley was part of an online community based on the PUBG video game. The fundraising campaign is in favor of Victoria Sibley – believed to be Mr Sibley’s wife – and has so far raised £ 250 from the £ 2,000 target. The Foreign Office advises British nationals not to travel to Ukraine from February, warning of a real danger to life. A number of British nationals have taken part in the struggle in Ukraine. Authorities in Ukraine estimated in March that at least 20,000 people from 52 different countries had come to support their army. Around the same time, the Ministry of Defense said that “a small number” of soldiers had gone mad despite orders not to travel to Ukraine. The ministers’ advice was confused at first. Liz Truss initially said she would “fully support” British nationals joining the Ukrainian forces. However, he withdrew from that statement less than a fortnight later, after Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace said he “did not want to see the British being killed more than I want to see Ukrainians” die. Last week, two British fighters paraded on Russian state television after being captured in Mariupol in southern Ukraine. Government Secretary Brandon Lewis said he had sympathy for the prisoners of war, but it was illegal for them to be there.
