Manuel Mameli, 25 years old from Selargius, was killed in Ukraine . Confirmation came from informed sources.
The information on Mameli, born in 2000 in Cagliari, was provided by his comrades to the Italian Embassy and to the family of the young man, who fought against the Russians in the International Legion and was therefore regularly enrolled in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Having died in a combat area under Russian control, his body cannot be recovered .
The attack reportedly took place in eastern Ukraine, near Pokrovsk, Mameli was killed by a Russian drone and five other people died with him, while another Italian volunteer was injured .
The Italian Embassy in Kiev, in close contact with the Farnesina, is providing all possible assistance to the family members.
Another Italian dies
In addition to Mameli, another Italian victim has been recorded on the battlefield . This was reported by the association International Volunteers for Ukraine. It is Antonio Omar Dridi , a 34-year-old from Palermo. There had been no news of him for a couple of months, he had been declared “missing in action” on March 27: the association, which published a photo on Facebook, invites us to “honor him so that he is not forgotten”.
Noah, Dridi's sister, in an interview given a week ago to Tg1 had explained that her brother, born in 1991, from Palermo, lived abroad. He had been in Germany and Austria, where he had worked as a cook. "He was a free spirit, he never wanted to stay in one place" said Noah, when her brother was still officially missing .
(Online Union)