A British paratrooper was killed by an explosion in Ukraine while helping troops in the war with Russia, a coroner has ruled.
Lance Corporal George Hooley, 28, of the Parachute Regiment, died while observing the testing of a new defensive capability in the war-torn country last December.
After an inquest conducted partly in secret this week, senior coroner for Oxfordshire Darren Salter revealed for the first time that the high-achieving soldier had died from injuries sustained in an explosion.
The location of the incident has been kept under wraps, other than it was away from the front line.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said that
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