{"id":484958,"date":"2026-01-01T15:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/484958\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:02:20","slug":"australian-russell-wilson-reportedly-killed-fighting-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/484958\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Russell Wilson reportedly killed fighting for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities are working to confirm reports an Australian fighting in Ukraine has died.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Allan Wilson was reportedly killed in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is aware of reports that an Australian has died in Ukraine and is seeking confirmation from local authorities,\u201d a department spokesperson said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Australian government\u2019s travel advice is do not travel to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Friends say Australian Russell Allan Wilson has died fighting for Ukraine. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a1950edca3965aa7f5d8d22f48e83f76c10b4d7bc604ceb85cd9019010beb517.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Friends say Australian Russell Allan Wilson has died fighting for Ukraine. Credit: Instagram: @full_metal_tango<\/p>\n<p>A post on social media paying tribute to Wilson said he was killed in action on December 12.<\/p>\n<p>Loading<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t die for glory. He didn\u2019t die for medals or headlines. He died because he believed some things are worth standing for \u2013 even when the cost is everything,\u201d the post read, a week after Wilson was reportedly killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkraine is freer today because of him \u2013 but the world is quieter without his laugh, his stubborn courage, his presence beside us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-01-01\/australian-russell-wilson-was-remembered-as-corageous-soldier\/106191082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC reported<\/a> a \u201ccomrade and friend\u201d of Wilson\u2019s had confirmed the death, which had also been reported by Russian war bloggers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities are working to confirm reports an Australian fighting in Ukraine has died. Russell Allan Wilson was reportedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":484959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-484958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115820451968498165","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}