“American killed in Ukraine blast believed to be Boise Army veteran training civilians”
“A retired U.S. military veteran from Idaho helping Ukraine combat Russia’s invasion is believed to have been killed on the front lines in eastern Ukraine.
Nick Maimer, 45, of Boise, had for the last year been training civilian volunteers in Ukraine’s ongoing effort to defend its borders. Maimer, a former Army Green Beret, died when a Russian artillery shell destroyed a building where he was positioned during intensified fighting in the city of Bakhmut, according to Perry Blackburn, who helped recruit Maimer to Kyiv last May.
“From what I understand, he was providing them with firsthand training in that area so that they can continue to do the fight, and he got caught behind enemy lines,” Blackburn, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, told the Idaho Statesman by phone. “It’s just a crazy, crazy time right now. And then having Nick die over there, it’s just brutal.”
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/idaho-army-special-forces-veteran-173524354.html
“The Ukrainian 95th Air Assault Brigade destroyed a Russian T-64BV tank in the forests of #Luhansk Oblast.”
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