A British father who volunteered to fight for Ukraine in the war against Russia has been killed by a drone strike, his wife has said. Alan Robert Williams, 35, from Moreton in Wirral went to the country after losing his job despite having no military experience and his family's pleas not to go, Stephanie Boyce-Williams said.

By day, members of the nearly all-female unit work normal jobs. By night, they lace up and shoot down enemy drones.