Thu 07 July 2022:
According to local media, a Brazilian model who offered to fight with Ukraine was killed by a Russian missile strike. Former model Thalita do Valle, 39, had just been in Ukraine for three weeks. She had enlisted in the sniper unit.
On June 30, a Russian missile struck the Kharkiv region when Valle, along with other Ukrainian forces, was on a mission to rescue Ukrainians from a village that Russian troops had vacated. The missile hit her bunker, The Sun reported.
Douglas Burigo, a 40-year-old former soldier in the Brazilian Army, was also killed by the missile attack. He had gone back to the bunker to look for Thalito.
She was the only person left behind after the first missile strike, the other fighters said.
“She was a hero, and her calling was to save lives, running after humanitarian missions,” her brother Theo Rodrigo Viera told Brazilian news outlet UOL
He said her role was as a rescuer, but she also provided cover for advancing troops.
Do Valle, a resident of Sao Paulo, was a former child actress and worked as a model after turning 18.
According to her family, she was an animal activist who also studied law and worked with NGOs to uphold animal rights.
After joining the Pashmergas, the armed forces of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Do Valle underwent sniper training, according to news.com.au.
The 39-year-old woman has previously battled against ISIS in Iraq and served on humanitarian missions all over the world.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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