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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

No 10 alarmed at reports of death of British aid volunteer captured in Ukraine

PA Media

Downing Street has expressed alarm at reports British aid volunteer Paul Urey has died while being detained by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine.

Daria Morozova, the human rights ombudsperson for the Moscow-backed separatist leadership in Donetsk, said Paul Urey, who was branded a British “mercenary”, died in captivity on Sunday of chronic illnesses and stress.

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