An Australian man has died while providing humanitarian aid in war-torn Ukraine, the prime minister has confirmed.
Michael O’Neill, 47, was killed on Wednesday, leaving behind three children as well as five siblings.
“This is a tragedy and I want to give my condolences to the family of the man involved,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in Sydney on Saturday.
“The family has requested that their privacy be respected and I ask the media to do that.”
In a public post on Facebook, one of O’Neill’s sisters said he had been driving trucks in Ukraine to help civilians flee the country as well as helping transport the wounded….