Bryan Young, an American volunteer who died fighting in Ukraine, felt called to help.
Bryan Young feared for his adopted homeland, his partner said. That’s why Mr. Young, a U.S. Army veteran, left the Republic of Georgia, where he settled and got married after an international cycling trip, and volunteered to fight the Russians.

“We had a very, very big fight because I didn’t want him to go,” said Mr. Young’s partner, Maria Lipka.

In March — not long after Russia invaded Ukraine — Mr. Young traveled to Istanbul, and then Ukraine, enlisting as a volunteer fighter. “He wanted to be useful and he wanted to use his knowledge because he’s former military,” Ms. Lipka said.