The former Royal Artillery gunner spent seven years in the British Army before volunteering with Ukraine’s armed forces in 2023 and was killed near Kramatorsk, a city in the eastern region of Ukraine.
RUSSIANS saluted the bravery of a British soldier “killed as he fought to the death” for Ukraine.
Christopher Walker, 39, died in a battle with enemy forces and was remembered as a hero.
Russian Lieutenant Denis Averkiev claimed: “We met more mercenaries from other countries than residents of Ukraine.
The ex-British soldier from Salisbury, Wilts, had answered President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call and was fighting with an international legion.
