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Soldier killed by Hezbollah drone was only child who moved from Ukraine with his mother in 2020
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Staff Sgt. Michael Tyukin, 21, killed by a Hezbollah drone in Lebanon on May 30, 2026 (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF soldier killed in a Hezbollah drone attack in southern Lebanon last night was an only child who moved to Israel from Ukraine with his mother in 2020, reports say.
Staff Sgt. Michael Tyukin, 21, of the Givati Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit, from Ashkelon, was killed when a first-person view drone piloted by Hezbollah struck a position where troops were operating.
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