AWOL Navy SEAL Daniel Swift killed in Ukraine, official says

A Navy SEAL who's been AWOL since 2019 was killed in Ukraine this week, a Navy official confirmed to CBS News on Friday. Daniel W. Swift was killed in Ukraine on Wednesday, the official said.

Swift's Navy bio shows he was a SEAL who has been in active deserter status since March 11, 2019. The official did not know when or why Swift went to Ukraine.

Swift was a special warfare operator 1st Class who enlisted in the Navy in 2005.