A British aid worker detained by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine since April has died, according to an official in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
Daria Morozova, the Ombudsman in the self-styled DPR, wrote on Friday on a Telegram channel that Paul Urey died on July 10 due to illnesses and stress, Russian state media, including TASS and RIA, reported.
In April, British charity Presidium Network said Urey, 45, and fellow British volunteer, 22-year-old Dylan Healy, were captured on April 25 at a checkpoint in Zaporizhzhia, southern Ukraine, when they were trying to help evacuate a woman and two children.
Presidium Network, which helps to get aid into Kyiv, said Urey and Healy traveled to Ukraine on their own accord, and they were in contact with the charity but were not working for it….
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