Christopher Perry and Andrew Bagshaw were confirmed dead last month (Picture:SWNS/AP)
The bodies of two Brits aid workers who died in Ukraine are being returned to the UK.
The move comes amid a large prisoner swap for Russian soldiers.
Chris Parry, 28, and colleague Andrew Bagshaw, 47, were confirmed dead last month.
The pair had travelled to Soledar, in the east of the country, to volunteer with aid efforts.
Bagshaw, a resident of New Zealand, was in Ukraine to assist in delivering humanitarian aid.
Meanwhile Christopher had joined other volunteers on a rescue mission in Ukraine to help people escape bombed areas.
Speaking to Sky News last year he said: ‘I went to a military command unit and spoke to a number of soldiers who described Bakhmut as the ‘worst place they had ever been’.
The two men’s bodies were handed over along with 116 Ukrainians who had been held prison by the Russians, the Sun reports.
Christopher Parry (Picture: Courtesy of Christine Parry/SWNS)
Andrew Bagshaw (Picture: AP)
Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war have returned home following a prisoner swap today, officials on both sides said.
Top Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post that 116 Ukrainians were freed.
He said the released POWs include troops who held out in Mariupol during Moscow’s long siege that reduced the southern port city to ruins, as well as guerrilla fighters from the Kherson region and snipers captured during the ongoing fierce battles for the eastern city of Bakhmut.
Russian defence officials, meanwhile, announced that 63 Russian troops had returned from Ukraine following the swap, including some ‘special category’ prisoners whose release was secured following mediation by the United Arab Emirates.
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The move comes amid a large prisoner swap for Russian soldiers.
