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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Lamiat Sabin

Captured British man Paul Urey ‘dies after being held by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine’

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A British aid worker held by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine and accused of “mercenary activities” has died, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.

Paul Urey, who had been captured by the Russian military in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine, allegedly died on Sunday at the age of 45 “due to illness and stress”.

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