A British help employee held by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine and accused of “mercenary actions” has died, in line with Russian state information company TASS.
Paul Urey, who had been captured by the Russian navy within the so-called Donetsk Individuals’s Republic (DPR) in jap Ukraine, allegedly died on Sunday on the age of 45 “as a consequence of sickness and stress”.
Stories cite DPR ombudsman Daria Morozova, who wrote on her Telegram account: “British representatives ignored even the opportunity of negotiating his return as a part of the prisoner alternate process.
“Furthermore, they didn’t present the required medical preparations via the Crimson Cross. Paul Urey was supplied with acceptable medical help, however given the diagnoses and stress, he died on July 10.”
Mr Urey, from Warrington, and fellow British nationwide Dylan Healy, 22, have been detained by Vladimir Putin’s troops on 25 April – in line with Presidium Community, a not-for-profit organisation.
Dominik Byrne, the co-founder and chief working officer of the charity, has stated that the boys have been working as impartial humanitarian help volunteers.
Mr Urey and Mr Healy have been reportedly making an attempt to evacuate a girl and two kids from Dniprorudne, within the Zaporizhzhia area of southern Ukraine, after they have been stopped at a checkpoint and detained.
The 2 males have been accused of being mercenaries, for which Moscow’s most penalty is the demise sentence.
Ms Morozova wrote on Telegram: “Official representatives of the UK (together with the Overseas Workplace, the embassy within the Russian Federation, and members of the British Parliament) have been notified of the seize of Paul Urey.
“Additionally, at his request, the related info was transferred to overseas media. Nevertheless, no response from the UK didn’t observe.”
In Might, footage emerged from a Russian tv interview wherein Mr Urey says that he travelled to Ukraine to “see if the refugee disaster was actually as dangerous as what they are saying on the information” in Britain.
He has stated that he beforehand travelled to Iraq, and Afghanistan between 2008 and 2010, in addition to to Libya to “assist the revolution”.
