French parents fight to have son declared dead after Ukraine war disappearance
Alexis Le Nouail, a 23-year-old Frenchman killed in a Ukrainian artillery and drone strike, remains listed as missing, preventing his family from settling affairs in France.
Why it matters
The family's struggle shows how missing-person status can block legal and emotional closure for relatives of foreign combatants.
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