A Scottish medic who volunteered to serve in Ukraine has been killed while fighting on the frontline against Russian forces.
Jordan Maclachlan, 26, from Ardnamurchan in the Scottish Highlands, died on Friday while serving with the Ukrainian army.
His family confirmed his death in a statement as they paid tribute to the young volunteer who had been helping Ukraine’s forces since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
The Foreign Office is now working with local authorities to gather more information about the circumstances of his death.
The family of Jordan Maclachlan said he will be ‘greatly missed by all who knew him’
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In a statement, his family said: “Jordan always believed that he was making a difference and we are all so proud of him helping others.
“Jordan was a fun-loving son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin and a friend to many and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.”
The family explained they are still awaiting further details about his death.
“We are waiting for further information from the Foreign Office as information is very limited,” they said.
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He had been helping the Ukrainian forces since Russia’s invasion in 2022
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The family has requested privacy during this difficult time. Maclachlan joined Ukraine’s army shortly after volunteering in the wake of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
He served as a medic on the frontline, where he had been stationed before his death.
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesman said: “We are supporting the family of a British man who died in Ukraine and are in contact with the local authorities.”
His death follows several other British casualties in Ukraine. In November, Callum Tindal-Draper, 22, from Cornwall, was killed while defending an observation point from Russian forces.
The FCDO continues to advise against all travel to certain parts of Ukraine and all but essential travel to other areas of the country.
Tindal-Draper’s father Steven had begged his son not to travel to Ukraine.
“We begged and begged and begged him not to go,” he told the BBC. “But Callum said ‘dad, I’m not frightened of bullies and what’s going on in Ukraine is awful and someone needs to stand up for these people’.”
His mother Caroline Tindal said she had visited him in September, noting a remarkable transformation in her son.
She later wrote on Facebook that her son “fought till he could no longer hold them off” and was hailed as a “hero” by his platoon.