Reversal of the situation. The Romanian who was thought to have died on the front in Ukraine is alive and unharmed UPDATE

Ovidiu “Tony“ Stoica is the commander of platoon 2 “Kirolo Babentsov“from the International Legion “Fight for Ukraine“.

UPDATES: The Romanian who the media reported died on the front in Ukraine is actually alive and unharmed. The stoic Ovidiu Anton was carrying out missions to extract the wounded from the Kharkiv region, and his friend Petru Gabor announced that he had died, the information was picked up by various media, including Adevarul.ro, which in this way apologizes to the readers, to Ovidiu Stoica and his family.

Petru Gabor later posted a new message about the fate of Ovidiu “Tony” Stoica on Facebook.

“I was contacted by Stoica Ovidiu Anton and he is alive, I apologize for falling into the trap of misinformation released publicly only that there were many who posted this and everyone I contacted said the same thing that no more I find him in the conditions in which we kept in touch and every time he answered after a few hours, he also explained to me the reason for this absence and I’m glad that I was not right.”

Attached below is a video in which the Stoic Ovidiu Anton contradicts the information regarding his situation.

Ovidiu “Tony” Stoica
he was killed while carrying out missions to extract the wounded from the front line in the Kharkiv region.

“We say goodbye to Stoica Ovidiu Anton who was fighting in Ukraine (Fight for Ukraina International Legion) carrying out missions to extract the wounded from the Kharkiv region from the front line, unfortunately his mission on this earth ended during a mission of evacuation of the wounded last night, at the beginning of the war he volunteered in Isaccea customs for a few months, when he saw the condition of some people in the conflict zones, he decided that he could do more than that and decided to join the legion foreigner from Ukraine, thanks to the supreme sacrifice she made, many injured people got a second chance, may her path be smooth and may God forgive us all”, announced Petru Gabor, president of the Volunteers Without Borders Association, on a social network.

He is the second Romanian to die in the war in Ukraine, after Rudolf Wittmann, who died in October 2023. Rudi, as his friends called him, dedicated his life to the fight for freedom and after spending several years in the Foreign Legion, he fought for a year or so for Ukraine. The end found him at the front, and at the age of 27, Rudolf became a hero of Ukraine and the fight for freedom.

Russia has tracked down more than 700 foreign volunteers fighting on the Ukrainian front, including citizens from Romania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland, the Russian Investigative Committee announced a week ago, according to tvrinfo.ro.