Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has given a state award to Tseng Sheng-guang (曾聖光), a Taiwanese volunteer soldier who died last November while fighting for Ukraine, in honor of his "selfless performance," according to the website of the Ukrainian president.
Zelenskyy awarded Tseng -- among many others -- the Order for Courage of the third class for "the personal courage shown in the defense of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine," according to a list dated April 28 on the website.
Tseng, 25, was a member of the Indigenous Amis tribe from Hualien County. He joined the International Legion for the Defense of Ukraine last year and died on the battlefield on Nov. 2, 2022 in Lyman, part of the contested Luhansk region, making him the first Taiwanese volunteer to die in the ongoing war.
He had previously served in the Republic of China (Taiwan) Army from 2017 to 2021.
