Two British nationals have gone lacking in Ukraine’s Bakhmut area, the UK Foreign Office mentioned Monday.
Christopher Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 48, reportedly disappeared on Jan. 6 close to town of Soledar whereas serving to native residents transfer to security amid the battle with Russia.
Their households are being supported and a search operation is constant, the Foreign Office mentioned within the assertion.
In Ukraine, the National Police Department launched a press release saying they’re trying to find the 2 males.
“On Jan. 7 around 5:15 p.m., the duty unit of the Bakhmut district police department received a report on the disappearance of two volunteers — citizens of Great Britain aged 28 and 48. The day before, Jan. 6, at eight o’clock in the morning, Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry left Kramatorsk for Soledar, but contact with them was lost,” it mentioned.
Soledar is a small metropolis within the japanese Bakhmut area, the place Ukrainian troops have been concerned in heavy preventing with Russian forces and the Russian mercenary group Wagner.
“The enemy again made a desperate attempt to storm the city of Soledar from different directions and threw the most professional units of the Wagnerites into battle,” the Ukrainian navy mentioned in a press release:
The British Foreign Office is warning towards all journey to Ukraine because the battle with Russia continues into its eleventh month. London can also be asking its residents to right away depart Ukraine.
There have been a number of instances of British nationals going lacking or being captured in Ukraine. Last September, 5 British nationals who have been being held by Russian-backed forces have been launched after an alternate of detainees brokered by Saudi Arabia.
