Two British volunteers who had been reported missing in eastern Ukraine have been killed, according to a family statement released Tuesday.
Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Christopher Parry, 28, went missing earlier this month on their way to the town of Soledar in the eastern Donetsk region, where heavy fighting broke out.
Parry’s family confirmed in a statement issued by Britain’s Foreign Office that both men were killed.
“It is with great sadness that we have to announce that our dear Chrissy has been killed along with her colleague Andrew Bagshaw while attempting a humanitarian evacuation from Soledar in eastern Ukraine,” he said.
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Two UK men volunteering in eastern Ukraine have died while attempting a humanitarian evacuation from the town of Soledar.
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The statement added that Parry “was drawn to Ukraine in March at its darkest hour at the start of the Russian invasion and helped those most in need, saving more than 400 lives and many abandoned animals.”
Ukrainian police said on January 9 that they lost contact with Bagshaw and Perry after they went to Soledar.
Bagshaw, a New Zealand resident, was in Ukraine to help deliver humanitarian aid, according to New Zealand media reports.
