Overview

• Vilte, a 39-year-old former Argentine Army communications soldier from Comodoro Rivadavia, volunteered for Ukraine in June 2022 alongside two fellow Argentines and trained as an FPV and kamikaze drone pilot.
• He was killed by a Russian Shahed drone strike at about 4 a.m. on July 7 while positioned in Pokrovsk on eastern Ukraine’s frontline.
• His service included participation in Kyiv’s 2022 counteroffensive and sustained combat deployments through 2024 despite suffering multiple injuries.
• During his three-year stay in Ukraine, Vilte married a Ukrainian woman and had a daughter, reflecting the personal ties formed by international fighters.
• No formal list tracks foreign volunteers in Ukraine, leaving estimates of participation and casualty figures, particularly for Argentines, uncertain.