Daniel Nystrom

Daniel Nyström from Sweden has fought in Ukraine. Now he has been found dead. Photo: Private

Swedish Daniel Nyström, 36, has fought voluntarily for Ukraine for over a year.

Now he has been found dead in Kiev.

– It was difficult to take in, it is still so incredibly, incredibly boring. Unbelievable, says his mother Nell Nyström to the newspaper NSD.

In April 2022, Daniel Nyström, 36, chose to go to the war in Ukraine. He was one of the Swedish soldiers who went down and fought for the International Legion and the Ukrainian army.

During the year, he has had regular contact with his family in Sweden. Including mother Nell Nyström at home in Kiruna. She says that he had plans to go home to Sweden soon.

– He hadn’t been home for over a year. He could not just go because he was no longer a volunteer but had signed a contract. He was looking forward to a little break, she tells NSD