Maxuel Gomes Ribeiro
killed
Callsign
"Rocket Man / Latin Avenger"
Military unit
Ukrainian International Legion
First mentioned
2026-07-28
Maxuel Gomes Ribeiro, a 32-year-old Brazilian former military officer, arrived in Ukraine on March 9, 2022, to join the Ukrainian International Legion's 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion. He uses the callsigns Rocket Man and Latin Avenger, and claims to have fought in Kharkov and Severodonetsk.
