Colombian 'Bad Boy' falls in Ukraine: From distant lands to the frontline against Russian occupation

"The Carpathian Sicz mourns today but will seek revenge tomorrow. Our brother, a soldier, a great warrior from distant Colombia, 'Bad Boy', was killed on the battlefield. He spent a year and a half on the front line, in the midst of the war's hell," wrote Ukrainian soldier, Ruslan Andrijko, as quoted by the Obozrevatel portal.

The Colombian volunteer, known by the pseudonym "Bad Boy," was killed on the front line while defending Ukraine against the Russian occupation army. He served in the "Sicz Carpathian" volunteer unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Land Forces.

Earlier, on Wednesday, Ukraine was shaken by the news of the death of renowned fencer Fiodora Yepifanov, who was killed on the front lines.

Obozrevatel notes that after Russia launched a full-scale invasion, 18-year-old Yepifanov suspended his sports career and volunteered for the front line.

Fiodor was a champion and a winner of all-Ukraine fencing competitions with the rapier, a member of Ukraine's national team, and a master of sports. He was a student at the Ivan Piddubny Olympic Vocational School at the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine.