Manchester aid worker Paul Urey dies after being captured in Ukraine, Russian-backed rebels claim
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA British man who was reported to have been detained by Russian forces while working as a humanitarian aid volunteer in Ukraine has died, separatist rebels have claimed.
Paul Urey, reported to be from Manchester by the Press Association, was captured along with another worker, on April 25 at a checkpoint south of the city of Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine.
Daria Morozova, the human rights ombudsperson for the Moscow-backed separatist leadership in Donetsk, said Paul Urey, who they labelled a British "mercenary", died in captivity on Sunday. READ MORE: Met Office issues first EVER red weather warning for 'extreme heat' She said he had died of chronic illnesses and stress. "From our side, he was given the necessary medical assistance despite the grave crimes he committed," she added.
The Presidium Network, a non-profit group, said in April that Mr Urey and Dylan Healey, from Cambridgeshire, travelled to Ukraine of their own accord.
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