Benjamin Giorgio Galli, 27 years old from Varese , died while he was fighting with the International Legion of Defense of Ukraine against the Russian army.

On the Facebook profile of the young man, who appears in uniform and with a weapon in hand, there are condolences to his family and a message in which he is defined as a " hero of Ukraine ".

“The best uncle in the world, I miss you”, Sister Anna wrote on Facebook, receiving condolences. "I love you, you will always be in my thoughts, your smile will be in my prayers, brother Ben, hero of Ukraine", wrote one of his comrades in English.

Raised in the province of Varese, Galli had moved to the Netherlands where he had also taken citizenship. Since last spring he was in Ukraine, enlisted in three ranks of the Kiev army : he also posted several photos in uniform on his profile.

(Unioneonline / L)