Mum of Yorkshire man who died on Ukrainian front lines says he lied about where he was going

Bradley Townsend, 33, was killed in a drone strike while fighting in Ukraine (Picture: east2west news)

The mum of the first British man to die while fighting for Russia lied to his family about where he was travelling to.

Bradley Townsend, 33, from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, was killed in a drone strike while fighting on the front line in Lyman, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, on June 10.

The fisherman’s mum, Maureen, has said that he had no previous military experience and kept his decision to join Russian forces secret from his family.

In an...