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Ishinosuke Uwano (上野 石之助, Uwano Ishinosuke, October 1922 – 2013) was a soldier in the Japanese Imperial Army and a prisoner of war in the Soviet labour camps, who came to media prominence in April 2006 after it was found that he had been living voluntarily in Ukraine for six decades after the end of World War II.
He was released at the end of World War II. [133] Found alive 3 years 1942 Fyodor Kostenko: 46 Soviet Union (modern-day Ukraine) A commander of the Southwestern Front during World War II. Kostenko is believed to have died in the Second Battle of Kharkov on 26 May 1942. His body was recovered in the spring of 2016 and later repatriated to Russia ...
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said ...
The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
Russia is disputing a claim that a top naval commander was killed during a massive Ukrainian strike last week in the Black Sea, broadcasting video Tuesday that featured an appearance by the ...
A British national who went to fight in Ukraine was found dead in water with his hands tied behind his back. Jordan Chadwick, a 31-year-old from Burnley in Lancashire, was repatriated by the ...
On 15 December 2023, Serhiy Batryn, 54, a Ukrainian councilman, detonated three grenades at a meeting in the village of Keretsky, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. The resulting explosions killed one person and injured 26 others, six of them gravely. [2] A second person died one month later as a result of the injuries. [3]
[54] [55] Two US officials confirmed Gerasimov had been in the region but a Ukrainian official denied Ukraine was specifically targeting Gerasimov and said that when the command post was attacked, with 200 Russian soldiers being killed, Gerasimov had already set off to return to Russia. 30 armored vehicles, including tanks, were also claimed to ...