Former Navy SEAL Daniel W. Swift was killed in Ukraine on Wednesday, a Navy official told NBC News Friday.
Swift had been in active deserter status since March 11, 2019, the Navy Absentee Collection and Information Center said.
The center said it did not know why Swift was in the eastern European country that has been at war with Russia for a year.
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