Two Britons who were reported missing in Ukraine have been named.
Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry, who are volunteers helping with civilian evacuation and humanitarian efforts in the war-torn Donetsk region, were reported missing by the area’s police department.
Mr Parry previously spoke to Sky News about his time evacuating people near the front line, often in scary conditions as Russian artillery bombarded Ukrainian positions.
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The pair were last seen leaving Kramatorsk for Soledar at 8am last Friday, and contact was then lost.
They were reported missing at about 5.15pm the following day.
Officers in Donetsk have said they are carrying out investigative and operational measures to establish their location.
An FCDO spokesperson said: “We are supporting the families of two British men who have gone missing in Ukraine.”
Originally from Cornwall, he had been working as a running coach in Cheltenham when Russia invaded on 24 February.
He told Sky News that he knew he had to go help.
His daring actions on the front line saw him evacuating residents from the besieged city of Severodonetsk before it fell in June and later operating east of Lyman.
Areas of eastern Ukraine have been under heavy missile fire from Russian forces in recent weeks.
Russia claims it recently carried out a massive strike on Ukrainian facilities in Kramatorsk, which it says resulted in the death of 600 Ukrainian servicemen.
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However, the claims, by Russia’s defence ministry, have been contested by some – with satellite images showing intact dormitory buildings in the areas where it claims to have hit.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old woman was killed and several others were wounded after a Russian missile strike on a market in the eastern village of Shevchenkove on Monday, the regional governor said.