‘Believed he was making a distinction’ — Scottish fight medic killed in Ukraine, household says

Jordan Maclachlan, a 26-year-old volunteer and fight medic from Scotland, was killed on the entrance line in Ukraine on Jan. 3, BBC reported.

"Jordan all the time believed that he was making a distinction, and we’re all so happy with him serving to others," his household stated in an announcement.

The household is awaiting additional particulars from the International, Commonwealth, and Improvement Workplace (FCDO), which confirmed to BBC it was supporting Maclachlan's household and coordinating with native authorities in Ukraine.

"Jordan was a fun-loving son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, and a buddy to many and can be enormously missed by all who knew him," the household stated.

Maclachlan is amongst a number of British volunteers who had been killed whereas combating for Ukraine towards Russian aggression. In November, 22-year-old Callum Tindal-Draper, who served in Ukraine’s international volunteer platoon, was additionally killed in fight.

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