Wani mutum daga South Yorkshire ana kyautata zaton shi ne ɗan ƙasar Biritaniya na farko da ya mutu yana yaƙi domin Rasha a yaƙinta da Ukraine.
Bradley Townsend, mai shekaru 33, masunta daga Barnsley, ya bar ƙasar Biritaniya a watan Afrilu don shiga ƴan awaren Rasha a gabashin Donbas da kuma tallafawa mamayewar su a Ukraine, duk da cewa ba shi da gogewar soja ko alaƙa ta sirri da Gabashin Turai. Tare da Ben Stimson mai shekaru 49 da Aiden Minnis mai shekaru 39, an bai wa Townsend ɗan ƙasar Rasha saboda shiga yaƙin neman na ƙasar.
Ana kyautata zaton an kashe shi ne ta hanyar wani jirgin sama mara matuki mai sarrafa nesa kusa da Lyman, wani birni a Donetsk, a ranar 10 ga watan Yuni. Ya bayyana a cikin bidiyon da aka saka a shafukan sada zumunta na masu goyon bayan Rasha, ciki har da wani da ake ganin na Stimson ne, wanda aka daure shi a ƙasar Biritaniya a shekarar 2015 saboda tafiya don shiga sojojin masu goyon bayan Rasha a yankin kafin mamayewar Rasha ta cikakkiya.
Ko da yake an ba da labarin mutuwar Townsend ne kawai a ranar Litinin, rahotannin da ba a tabbatar ba na mutuwarsa sun fara yaɗuwa a watan Yuni. Wani rahoto na masu goyon bayan Rasha, wanda LBC ta gani, ya bayyana Townsend a matsayin "jarumi a yaƙi mai tsarki" wanda ya "sadar da ransa domin manufar."
A ƙasarsa ta Yorkshire, mutuwarsa ta haifar da baƙin ciki da takaici. Wani tsohon aboki ya wallafa cewa Townsend, wanda aka fahimci yana fama da matsalar tunani da shaye-shaye, mutum ne "na al'ada" wanda wasu mutane suka "shigar da shi cikin akida" waɗanda suka "ga rauninsa a matsayin dama don shigar da shi cikin manufarsu ta karkatacciya," yayin da wani ya ce "an wanke masa kwakwalwa" da ƴan ƙasar Biritaniya da suka sauya sheka.
A cikin bidiyon da aka ɗauka bayan ya shiga sojojin Rasha, ana iya ganin Townsend yana bayyana kansa a matsayin "ɗan ƙaramin aji na al'ada daga Yorkshire" yana dariya tare da Stimson da Minnis yayin da suke shan giya da wasa kati. Ya kuma wallafa cewa masu hakar ma'adinai na Donbas sun ba da gudummawa ga masu hakar ma'adinai na Yorkshire a lokacin yajin aikin a shekarun 1980, kafin a haife shi, kuma yana da niyyar "mayar da wannan alheri."
A cikin wani rubutu bayan mutuwarsa, Minnis ya bayyana Townsend a matsayin "ƙaunataccen abokin yaƙinmu" wanda ya shiga "cikin guguwa ya fāɗi a fagen yaƙi," yayin da yake kwatanta Ukrainians da Nazis, wani kwatancen da ake yawan amfani da shi a farfagandar Rasha.
A cikin wannan rubutu, Minnis ya ce Townsend "ya sadar da ransa domin manufarmu. Aikinsa ya ɗan gajarta amma ya haskaka mafi kyawun tauraro."
Townsend, wanda aka ruwaito ya gaya wa iyalinsa cewa zai tafi Romania ne lokacin da ya bar Biritaniya a watan Afrilu, ya kuma kare shawararsa na zuwa Rasha a shafukan sada zumunta, yayin da ya yarda cewa za a "tsananta masa" idan ya taɓa komawa gida.
A cikin wani rubutu ya rubuta: "Na zo da tunanin cewa ba zan iya komawa gida ba. Tabbas za a tsananta mini idan na koma. Ba na nan don manufar kashe kansa ba, amma na fahimci cewa hakan na iya faruwa. Wannan shawarar da kaina ce, ba wanda ya tura ni cikin wani abu."
Tom Tugendhat, tsohon ɗan majalisar Conservative kuma ministan tsaro wanda ya yi aiki a Iraki da Afghanistan, ya nuna juyayinsa ga iyalin Townsend amma ya bayyana ayyukansa a matsayin "wauta da ba za a iya yarda da ita ba" da "kuskure matuƙa," yana ƙara da cewa: "Babu shakka, laifi ne domin kana shiga cikin sojojin da ke aikata munanan laifuffukan yaƙi da duniya ta taɓa gani a cikin shekaru da dama."
Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje tana tallafawa iyalin Townsend.
