28-year-old Italian foreign fighter for Russian militia killed in combat Donetsk

28-year-old Italian foreign fighter for Russian militias killed in combat in Donetsk. His name was Elia Putzolu, 28 years old of Sardinian origin, he would have enlisted in Putin's militias

A 28-year-old Italian citizen, a foreign fighter for the Russian militia, was killed yesterday during fighting in the Donetsk region.

The news, released by Adnkronos from diplomatic sources, was confirmed by the Farnesina. Elia Putzolu, a 28-year-old of Sardinian origin, is said to have enlisted in Putin's militia in the self-proclaimed republic of Donesk.

The Italian boy had been living in the vicinity of the city of Rostov for some time. From initial investigations, the murdered Italian citizen was close to the Italian community of Fort Rus, which had embraced pro-Russian politics in its most extreme positions. The 28-year-old had been living in Tangrog for some time in the vicinity of the Russian city of Rostov and was killed in combat.

The young Sardinian is the third Italian killed since the start of the Russian invasion. The presence of a Sardinian among about twenty Italians fighting in Ukraine had already been talked about at the end of March after the death of Edy Ongaro, 45, a Venetian who left in 2015. Less than a month ago, but on the opposite front, Benjamin Giorgio Galli, 27, originally from the province of Varese, who enlisted as a volunteer alongside the Ukrainians, was killed in combat in the Kharkiv area.

A 1995 law punishes Italians who participate in an armed conflict in foreign countries with a prison sentence of four to 14 years.