[Finnish] Der freiwillige Kämpfer Aleksi Lysander ist in der Ukraine gefallen

Kunnia sankareille

Aleksi Lysander, born 1989, had a tough childhood, being the only child of a single mom in northern Finland. He was bullied in school, and as a teen decided he would do something with his life, and at 18 years old he joined the French Foreign Legion.

During his 5-year service in the Legion he went through mental and physical hell, served wherever he was commanded, Africa or Middle East, and became a machine-like soldier. After his Foreign Legion time he came back to Finland and completed his mandatory military service in Finland as well. After that he also learned to become a bodyguard in South Africa, from the same place that for example King Charles III of Britain gets his bodyguards.

In 2022 Aleksi had just broken up with his wife and was having suicidal thoughts when the Russian invasion of Ukraine was broadcast in the news. He, a seasoned and highly skilled soldier with nothing in his life found his next calling, and volunteered among the first foreign applicants to the front line against the Russian invasion.

In 2022 the Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö found out about Aleksi and decided to write a biography of his life. Still only 32 years old at the time, an unusually young age for a biography, Aleksi’s life had already seen plenty enough for a full book. The book is titled [Do or Die: The Tale of a Frontline Warrior](https://www.bonnierrights.fi/books/do-or-die-the-tale-of-a-frontline-warrior/) (in Finnish, _Aleksi Suomesta_).

Aleksi was one of about one hundred volunteer Finns fighting in Ukraine, and the seventh to fall in combat that are definitely confirmed by name.

R.I.P. sankari

Hero

Rest in peace warrior. Your last fight was as just as they come.

Rest In Peace Warrior. You deserve the peace of mind for fighting for the most just cause.🫡🪖🙏🏻