Ukraine: Two British volunteers killed during operation to evacuate civilians

Two Britons who voluntarily traveled to Ukraine to offer their services in humanitarian aid programs were killed during an operation to evacuate civilians in the eastern city of Solentar, the family of one of them announced today.

“It is with great sadness that we announce that our beloved Chrissy was killed along with his colleague Andrew Bagshaw during an operation to evacuate civilians in Solendar, eastern Ukraine,” said a statement from the family of 28-year-old Christopher Parry, released by the British Home Office. Foreign.

“He traveled to Ukraine in March (…) at the beginning of the Russian invasion and helped those most in need, saving more than 400 human lives and many abandoned animals,” the statement said.

Sky News reported information from relatives of 48-year-old Andrew Bagshaw that the two British volunteers were killed while trying to save an elderly resident of Solentar.

According to the Ukrainian police, the two Britons left on January 6 from the city of Kramatorsk bound for Solentar and were lost the following afternoon.

The Russian mercenary organization Wagner revealed on January 11 that its fighters had found the body of one of the missing Britons in Solendar, eastern Ukraine, where heavy fighting has been raging lately.

The Russian army and Wagner’s mercenaries announced almost two weeks ago that they had captured Soledar, a strategically important town near Bahamut. Kyiv has denied that claim, saying Ukrainian forces are still fighting in the western part of the city.

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