UK-trained man who volunteered to fight for Vladimir Putin has been killed in Ukraine

Alexander Tomarev was the son of a former Russian civil servant who now ran a private security company and had studied in Britain for eight years at schools and universities

Russian Alexander Tomarev, who volunteered to fight for Vladimir Putin, was killed in the war in Ukraine (

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A man educated in British universities who volunteered to fight for Vladimir Putin has been killed in Ukraine.

Russian Alexander Tomarev, 27, was buried in Volgograd, just a month after he joined the Russian forces.

Reports in Russia say he was the son of a former Russian official who now runs a private security company, and had studied in Britain for eight years at schools and universities.< /p>

He volunteered to enlist, telling friends, "If I don't go, then who will?"

A family contact said, "After England, he returned to Russia and joined the military service on his own accord."

He had studied for a foundation course in business, management and marketing at the University of Exeter, it is understood.

Tomarev, right, had completed a foundation course in business, management and marketing at the University of Exeter (

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He later studied for a bachelor's degree in business administration, management and operations at Kingston University.

He died on his father's birthday, October 24, and was later buried in his hometown.

More than 100 mourners attended his funeral, according to reports.

His funeral heard how "as soon as the call for partial mobilization was made [by Putin in September], Alexander was one of the first to go to the military enlistment office and signed up as a volunteer."

A eulogy stated, "His short but surprisingly brilliant life passed under this motto."