MOSCOW, Jan 16 the situation around two British citizens Andrew Begshaw and Christopher Perry missing in Soledar, said a spokesman for the British Foreign Office.
«We support the families of two Britons missing in Ukraine and are in close contact with the Ukrainian authorities,» he said. The interlocutor did not add any details to what was said.
Earlier, the press service of the head of the «Wagner» group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, reported that a request to find two British missing in Soledar was received by the «Ask Wagner» hotline on January 8, the body of one of them was found with documents on both.
The National Police of Ukraine informed that two British citizens Andrew Begshaw and Christopher Perry went missing near Soledar. According to media reports, the British have not been found since Friday. The British Foreign Office said they were providing support to the families of the missing.
According to the British media, the missing were volunteers who were engaged in evacuation and humanitarian assistance in the Donbass. According to Tennessee aid worker Christian Campbell, the missing Begshaw and Perry «moved» to Soledar «to carry out the evacuation while the Russian forces advanced.»