James taught English at school and managed a free language club for students of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
He could have left Ukraine after warnings from the US Embassy on the eve of the invasion, but he did not want to leave his girlfriend. She was hospitalized in Chernihiv with a serious illness and needed help and care.
Gill's last Facebook post is dated March 15, 2022. Due to the constant bombing and siege of the city, he was in despair.
US citizen James Whitney Gill died from russian shelling while standing in line for bread in Chernihiv on March 17, 2022.
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