Funeral for US Marine Corps veteran in Kyiv who died alongside Ukrainian forces

#Kanal13​ #likekanal13​ #subscribekanal13 #warinukraine https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13az?sub_confirmation=1 - SUBSCRIBE TO US! A funeral service for a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who died while serving alongside Ukrainian forces was held in central Kyiv on Friday, where family and friends said the 21-year-old had given his life fighting for freedom. According to Associated Press Ethan Hertweck, a California native, traveled to Ukraine soon after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022, initially assisting some of the millions of women and children who were fleeing the country in the earliest days of the war. After returning to the United States for several months, he went back to Ukraine to receive a combat medical license and trained Ukrainian troops before himself joining a combat unit as a medic. At the funeral service for Hertweck on Kyiv's Maidan Square on Friday, his mother told those gathered that her son, who was killed while on duty as a combat medic in December 2023 in the eastern industrial region known as Donbas, had died in a “fight for freedom.” Leslie, Hertweck said on Friday that her son was “stubborn, he was strong, he was serious. But he loved and had a soft heart.” “We know that we will miss him. But we will see you in heaven, Ethan, as you’re with my mom and all those who’ve gone before us,” she said. “Slava Ukraine.” In December 2023, the 21-year-old was guarding a military bunker in Donbas when Russian forces overtook his unit's position. One member of his unit was wounded, and while attempting to drag him back to the safety of the bunker, Hertweck himself was hit. http://youtube.com/kanal13az/join - click here and support Kanal13 monthly for distributing more videos and independent journalism http://t.me/kanal13tv & https://bit.ly/37BVMqU https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13az?sub_confirmation=1 https://bit.ly/2Rs6MB3 #lastminutenewsfromukraine #kanal13ukraine https://bit.ly/2V19Fdy Click here and just subscribe to Kanal13 - https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13az?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/KANAL13AZ/join *ATTENTION: If you woul like to contact with US please, write to +49176 75077516 WhatsApp ▌▌►Website: http://kanal13.tv/ http://www.facebook.com/tvkanal13 https://twitter.com/Kanal13Az https://www.instagram.com/kanal13.az Click & Subscribe to the main youtube Channel © KANAL13 [ Azərbaycanın ilk peşəkar internet televiziyası ] The First Internet TV of Azerbaijan Tags: #Ukriane, #Russia, #Putin, #Putler, #Russian invasion of Ukraine, #Zelenski, #Kiev, #Kyiv, #Kadirov army, #Kadirov, #Kherson, #Bucha, #Kharkiv, #Ukrainian pilots, #vagners, #Russian tanks, #NATO, #drones, #Moscow, #Kreml, #war victims #Ukraina, News, The Washington Post, waPo Video, Washington Post Video, Washington Post YouTube, a:politics, aid, biden, putin, s:Politics, support, t:Other, Ukraine, war, fact check, news coverage, Donald Trump, news, wp video, forbes, nytimes, newspaper, media, journalism, Ilham Aliyev, Baku, Azerbaijan, Israel, Gaza, Palestine, Tel-Aviv, Garabag, Karabakh, football, ronaldo, messi, brian tyler cohen