on October 3, 2026, 4:18 pm
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16177725/British-paratrooper-killed-explosion-Ukraine-coroner-inquest.html
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said that limited numbers of Armed Forces personnel are being deployed to Ukraine, to provide security for the British diplomatic presence and support the Ukrainian armed forces.
The presence of paratroopers in Ukraine was not publicly known prior to L/Cpl Hooley’s death.
Last week, the coroner rejected a media request for a public hearing of the inquest, and on Tuesday this week he reached his conclusion on his own in private.
‘On the early morning of December 6, 2025 [L/Cpl George Hooley] sustained multiple injuries from an explosion while observing Ukrainian Forces test a new defensive capability away from the front line,’ he recorded in the Record of Inquest.
‘He received prompt emergency medical treatment at the scene and subsequently underwent surgery but died from his injuries in hospital in Kiev on 9/12/25.’
The coroner said he had been provided with only ‘limited evidence’ about the circumstances and cause of the explosion, but did not elaborate on what that evidence was.
The MoD did not respond to questions about the fatal explosion, including whether the cause had been determined and if anyone had been held responsible.
Mr Salter said he received statements from L/Cpl Hooley’s Army colleagues and British Army doctors, and had also been provided with ‘Ukrainian documents’ which set out that the soldier had been treated in at least two hospitals, including one in Kyiv.
He added that he found there were ‘no suspicious circumstances’.
The whole thing sounds suspicious to me. God rest his soul.
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Oct 2 2026 17:21 utc | 104
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