U.S. confirms death of another American in Ukraine

An American citizen has been killed in Ukraine, a U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Friday. Newsweek first reported the latest death of a U.S. national amid the war, citing claims by a Russian official who said online that an American volunteer was killed fighting alongside Ukraine's military.

The U.S. official told CBS News they could not provide any further information about the American who died, out of respect for the privacy of the family.

Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of Russia's far eastern Primorsky Krai region, which is thousands of miles away from the fighting in Ukraine, said members of the "Tiger" military unit from his area had killed the American during a battle.