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29
April
2022

Russian forces abduct two citizens of UK in southeastern Ukraine – media

KYIV. April 29 (Interfax-Ukraine) – According to a British aid group, two Britons were abducted by Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine, the Associated Press said.

"A British aid group says it believes two Britons have been abducted by Russian forces in southeastern Ukraine. The British Foreign Office said it is "urgently seeking more information" about the two men’s case, the Associated Press said in a statement on Friday.

Presidium Network co-founder and chief operating officer Dominik Byrne said the men were last heard from on Monday.

"Byrne said the men were taken while trying to carry out an independent evacuation in Dniprorudne, near the city of Zaporizhia, about 470 kilometers southeast of Kyiv. Byrne said the family the two men had been trying to evacuate later were interrogated by Russian forces, who asked them about the "British spies." Byrne said the family later escaped to Poland," according to the statement.

Byrne said the men in question are Paul Urey and Dylan Healy. He said they had been operating on their own in the war zone and had not been associated with any aid group. According to media statement, the British Foreign Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and Russia has not acknowledged taking the men.