Paul Urey

WARRINGTON aid worker Paul Urey, who was captured after travelling to Ukraine, has died, according to reports in Russia.

“We want everyone’s support to bring him home. “We do not want people to go and fight, but obviously the Foreign Office is doing all it can to support and identify these two people.” Mr Urey was not been heard from since 4am on April 25, and following news breaking of his detainment, the Foreign Office said it was ‘urgently seeking more information’. “This is physically my son, but he is not acting in his natural way; his words are too matter of fact and his facial expressions make me not believe what he is saying. Following the emergence of the interview, his mother Linda said: “I have watched the interview on Russian TV of my son Paul Urey. The men were stopped at a checkpoint near the city of Zaporizhzhya in the south of the war-torn country close to land which was then under Russian control.

Paul Urey, who was captured and accused of being a mercenary, has died, Russian state news agency says.

In the footage, which his mother said had been made under duress, he criticised the UK government and slammed British media coverage of the war. Morozova further claimed that the British Foreign Office had provided “no reaction” to Urey’s capture despite being notified of his situation. I’m angry, very very very very angry.

Paul Urey had been working to help a woman and her two children evacuate when he was captured and taken to Russian-backed territory.

Fellow Britons, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, as well as Moroccan man, Saaudun Brahim, have also been sentenced to death in the DPR for being mercenaries. Normally he speaks fast and to the point. In April, Mr Urey’s mother, Linda, said she was living her “worst nightmare” after news her son had been captured, saying she had begged him not to return to Ukraine after his first visit.

Paul Urey, who was in captivity in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), died on Sunday "due to illness and stress", it has been claimed.

He explained he previously travelled to Iraq, and Afghanistan between 2008 and 2010, as well as to Libya to "help the revolution." "Official representatives of the UK (including the Foreign Office, the embassy in the Russian Federation, and members of the British Parliament) were notified of the capture of Paul Urey. Paul Urey, who was in captivity in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), died on Sunday "due to illness and stress", the Ombudsman of the DPR Daria Morozova claimed on her Telegram social media channel.

Paul Urey was detained in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine, charged with 'mercenary activities' by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

Asked how she was feeling, she replied: 'Like I want to die, like I don't know what to do any more. Mr Urey's death will also raise fears for the safety of a number of other Britons being held in eastern Ukraine, including Mr Healy and Andrew Hill - a father-of-four British Army veteran from Plymouth also captured in April in Mykolaiv. His death comes amid fears for the safety of two more Britons held in the DPR who have been sentenced to death for being 'mercenaries' - Sean Pinner and Aiden Aslin. I don't know. After his capture, Mr Urey was taken to the Donetsk region where he was held in a detention camp (pictured, the destroyed city of Mariupol in the same region) She said she 'begged' him not to return and to instead live out a 'boring life' in the safety of the UK, but he refused to listen. Very very very very angry. I begged to give me my son back. Why didn't you release him? 'Why did you let him die? I hate you.' Paul Urey, 45, who was captured in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine on April 25, died on July 10 in the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Donestk after being taken to a prison camp in Ukraine's east, an official there said today.

British man Paul Urey, captured by Russian-backed separatists, has died in detention, reports say.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a statement that she was "shocked" to hear the reports. According to the DPR's Daria Morozova, during Mr Urey's first medical examination in the DPR, he was found to have insulin-dependant diabetes, damage to the respiratory system and kidneys, and a number of diseases of the cardiovascular system. A DPR official said British officials had been informed of Mr Urey's imprisonment but there had been "no reaction from the UK".

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He was convicted by a court in the almost entirely unrecognised region along with Shaun Pinner, 48. Among them is Aiden Aslin, who is part of the Ukrainian military, but faces a death sentence because he was wrongly branded a mercenary by those in charge of the separatist, pro-Russian region. I'm angry very very very very angry.

Satellite photos and on-the-ground images reveal a sharp increase in burials in Russian-held areas of Ukraine, according to a report released today.

"And when the second wave came, it was so deafening that my head is still buzzing. "We are acutely aware that the cost of our failure to work together is more than we can afford. She said the consequences of failure, especially for less wealthy nations, would be "catastrophic." "The speed and wisdom of our decisions now will make the difference on whether we get the current crisis under control." When the first rocket hit it, glass fell from my windows," said Vinnytsia resident Svitlana Kubas, 74. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation". Here it became "immediately clear" that she was very talented and was asked to join the team full time. She jumped into a car with Diana, her best friend, and her family and they drove for 15 hours straight to Lviv. Now every morning I start with calls to my family and get the latest updates. "What we see right now is unbearable." Asked if it was realistic for the deal to be signed next week, the source said: "We really hope so. Every day hundreds and thousands of people die.

Paul Urey, reported to be from Manchester, was captured whilst volunteering in the war-torn country in April.

They continued: "However, given the diagnoses and stress, he passed away." He called the British Government "corrupt." The organisation said the pair were driving to help a woman and two children to evacuate when they went missing.

The aid worker Moscow accused of being a mercenary 'died of illness and stress', DPR separatists said.

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THE mum of Warrington aid worker Paul Urey, who reportedly died after being captured by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine, has expressed her…

My thoughts are with Mr Urey's family and friends at this horrendous time.” “Paul Urey was captured while undertaking humanitarian work. He was in Ukraine to try and help the Ukrainian people in the face of the unprovoked Russian invasion. She added: “He said, 'Muma, I can't live with myself knowing people... need help to get to a safe place, I have to go. In a post, she said her son had been taken from her at birth, and after finding her, he had been taken from her again.

Paul Urey. The mother of a British aid volunteer who has reportedly died while being detained by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine has expressed her anger. Paul Urey was reported to have died in captivity on Sunday. Writing on Facebook, his mother ...

She added: “He said, ‘Muma I can’t live with myself knowing people… need help to get to a safe place, I have to go. She said she had begged for the separatists to give her son back and branded them “murderers”, asking: “Why did you let him die?”