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Relatives: Former US Marine killed while fighting in Ukraine

A pedestrian walks past an apartment complex in which former U.S. Marine Willy Joseph Cancel had a residence, Friday, April 29, 2022, in Murray, Ky. Relatives say Cancel has been killed alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia in what’s the first known death of an American citizen fighting in Ukraine.(AP Photo/John Amis) The front door of an apartment residence of former U.S. Marine Willy Joseph Cancel is shown Friday, April 29, 2022, in Murray, Ky. Relatives say Cancel has been killed alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia in what’s the first known death of an American citizen fighting in Ukraine.(AP Photo/John Amis) Clean-up crews prepare to work at the site of an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine on Friday, April 29, 2022. Russia struck the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv shortly after a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday evening. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)