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A 22-year-old Polish volunteer with the International Legion died in Ukraine on July 13, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on July 20.

Tomasz Marcin Sekala died in Luhansk Oblast, according to PAP. A funeral was held in Kyiv on July 20.

Sekala joined the International Legion in fall of 2023, and will be buried in his hometown in Poland.

Ukraine’s International Legion was created in late February 2022 for foreign fighters dedicated to defending Ukraine.

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Azov ex-commander on the need to reform Ukraine's army.

The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell sits down with the former commander of Ukraine's Azov Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Bohdan Krotevych, to discuss the situation on the front line after three years of Russia's full-scale war, why he thinks Ukraine should change its culture of military leadership, why the U.S. army doctrine wouldn't work for Russia's war against Ukraine, and shares his takes on Russia's next steps after a potential ceasefire.
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