Those guilty of British aid worker’s death in Russian captivity will not escape justice – foreign minister

“Russians have returned the body of a British humanitarian worker Paul Urey whom they captured in April and reported dead due to ‘illnesses’ and ‘stress’ in July. With signs of possible unspeakable torture. Detaining and torturing civilians is barbarism and a heinous war crime,” the minister wrote on his Twitter account.

“I express my deepest condolences to relatives and close ones of Paul Urie. He was a brave man who dedicated himself to saving people. Ukraine will never forget him and his deeds. We will identify perpetrators of this crime and hold them to account. They won’t escape justice,” Kuleba added.

As reported, on April 29, the Prosecutor General’s Office informed that law enforcement officers were investigating the abduction of two British volunteers, who helped to organize evacuation corridors in Zaporizhzhia region, by Russian invaders.

On September 7, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced that the Prosecutor General's Office had initiated criminal proceedings into the possible torture and murder of a British volunteer by Russian military.

 According to Kostin, the Russian Federation returned his body to the territory controlled by Ukraine on Wednesday.

Dmytro Lubinets, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, said he believes Paul Urey died a violent death.

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