The American left five adopted children.
52-year-old died in Ukraine US military Stephen Zabelsky.
The newspaper reports recorder (New York state, where the deceased previously lived).
According to the publication, Zabelski lived in New York until 2018, then moved to Florida. Worked in construction for over 30 years.
The American is survived by his wife and five adopted children, one grandson, seven siblings, eight nieces, and six nephews.
Anonymous source The Washington Post the US State Department confirmed the death of a military man.
Magazine Rolling stone citing several people familiar with the circumstances of Zabelski’s death, reports that he was a US Army veteran and died after being blown up by a mine.
According to information in obituaries, Zabelsky died near Dorozhnyanka (Zaporozhye region) on May 15.
The State Department is in touch with the family and has provided “all possible consular assistance,” the State Department said. The official declined to provide more details “out of respect for the family at this difficult time.”
As UNIAN wrote, earlier it was known about the death of only one American who fought in Ukraine. This was 22-year-old soldier Willy Joseph Kansel, who worked for a private military company.
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