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Briton dies in detention in breakaway east Ukraine region

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the embassy of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in Moscow, Russia July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

A Briton who was detained by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine and accused of being a mercenary has died, an official in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said on Friday.

The death of Paul Urey, 45, was confirmed by a British charity which described him as a humanitarian worker and denied he had any military background.

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