{"id":1568780,"date":"2022-07-24T14:21:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T18:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1568780"},"modified":"2022-07-24T14:21:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T18:21:43","slug":"two-americans-confirmed-dead-in-eastern-ukraine-region-of-donbas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-americans-confirmed-dead-in-eastern-ukraine-region-of-donbas\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Americans Confirmed Dead in Eastern Ukraine Region Of Donbas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-americans-confirmed-dead-in-eastern-ukraine-region-of-donbas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1568780&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two Americans died while fighting for Ukraine in the eastern region of Donbas, according to the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>A State Department spokesperson confirmed the two deaths and stated the administration is providing \u201call possible consular assistance,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/two-americans-recently-died-ukraines-donbas-region-cnn-2022-07-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> a Reuters report.<\/p>\n<p>The causes of the deaths were not revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of respect to the families during this difficult time, we have nothing further,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>One of the two people killed was reportedly named Luke Lucyszyn, his mother <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/americans-dead-eastern-ukraine-officials\/story?id=87275130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>The two deaths add to at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/two-americans-die-ukraine-state-department-says-war-enter-sixth-month-rcna39681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three other Americans<\/a> who have died in Ukraine since the start of Russia\u2019s invasion. The previous deaths include Jim Hill, who died in the capital of Kyiv in March; former U.S. Marine Willy Joseph Cancel, 22, killed in April; and Stephen Zabielski, 52, who died in May.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine has extended five months since its launch on February 24. Recent attacks have focused on the eastern areas of Odesa, in the region of Kirovohradska, the Kherson region, and Donbas.<\/p>\n<p>Russian defense officials <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-kyiv-moscow-109d5cd6a7dc5eae28a337d052864165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Sunday that it had conducted a successful strike on Ukraine\u2019s port of Odesa less than a day after the two nations had signed an agreement to resume grain shipments.<\/p>\n<p>The attack reportedly included four cruise missiles. Ukrainian forces shot down two missiles, while the remaining two hit \u201cmilitary targets\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The grain agreement, signed in Istanbul, Turkey, is intended to allow both nations to transport grain and fertilizers despite the military conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe grain export agreement, critically important for global food security, will be signed in Istanbul tomorrow under the auspices of President Erdo\u011fan and UN Secretary General Mr. Guterres together with Ukranian (sic) and Russian delegations,\u201d Ibrahim Kalin, spokesman for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wrote in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The grain export agreement, critically important for global food security, will be signed in Istanbul tomorrow under the auspices of President Erdo\u011fan and UN Secretary General Mr. Guterres together with Ukranian and Russian delegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0130brahim Kal\u0131n (@ikalin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ikalin1\/status\/1550178672652554249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The grain agreement was meant to offer international guarantees that Russia\u2019s military forces would not attack Ukrainian ships transporting grain or fertilizer in the Black Sea. Russia likewise has accused Ukraine of setting up sea mines in ports to block Vladimir Putin\u2019s nation from safe grain shipments.<\/p>\n<p>Since Russia\u2019s invasion, the U.S. has continued to play a vital role in offering financial assistance to Ukraine. The Defense Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-sending-270-million-more-taxpayer-dollars-to-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Friday that it would send another round of financial support for $270 million to help the war-torn nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has sent Ukraine more than $8.2 billion in aid since President Joe Biden was inaugurated. A total of $7.3 billion has been announced since Russia invaded in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced $270 million in additional security assistance for Ukraine,\u201d the Defense Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3102984\/270-million-in-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a press release on Friday. \u201cThis includes President Biden\u2019s announcement of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $175 million, as well as $95 million in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Americans died while fighting for Ukraine in the eastern region of Donbas, according to the State Department. A State Department spokesperson confirmed the two deaths and stated the administration is providing \u201call possible consular assistance,\u201d according to a Reuters report. The causes of the deaths were not revealed. \u201cOut of respect to the families &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1568780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1568780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1568780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1568780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}