Activist was once jailed in Russia under anti-protest law; drones, F-16s and Patriots on Dutch menu of aid to Kyiv. What we know on day 957
Anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin, who was once imprisoned in Russia for protesting against Vladimir Putin, was killed on the frontline while fighting on the Ukrainian side, his relatives and Russian media said Sunday.
“It is with deep regret that I must inform you that Ildar Dadin – call sign Gandhi – died yesterday in combat in the Kharkiv region”
n north-east Ukraine, said his friend and former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev, who is living in exile. Dadin was the first Russian citizen to be convicted under a 2014 law clamping down on protests in the country.
Source: The Guardian
