Kathy Lucyszyn said she was informed of her son’s death by the US State Department.
The State Department confirmed the deaths of two Americans to CNN on Saturday, but a spokesman did not provide any details about the individuals or the circumstances. The spokesman said they had been “in contact with the families and offering all possible consular assistance”.
Politico first reported that Lucyszyn was killed.
Asked Saturday about the status of Alexander Drueke and Andy Hunyh, two Americans captured by Russian forces while fighting in Ukraine, the spokesman said they had “been in contact with Ukrainian and Russian authorities about US citizens who they could have been captured by Russian forces or proxies while fighting in Ukraine.”
“We call on Russia to fulfill its international obligations to treat as prisoners of war all persons captured fighting with the armed forces of Ukraine.”