The parents of a British volunteer who went missing in Ukraine say they are struggling with “very raw” emotions as they await news.
Christopher Perry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 48, were last seen on Friday.
They were headed for the city of Soledar in the country’s eastern Donetsk region, where fierce fighting was reported and contact with them was lost.
Christine Parry, Christopher’s mother, told MailOnline: ‘It’s all very raw at the moment. We are just trying to inform family members about what is going on,” reports Metro.
The National Police of Ukraine announced yesterday that the two men are missing.
In a statement they said: “On January 7, around 5:15 pm, the duty unit of the Bakhmut district police department received a report of the disappearance of two volunteers – citizens of Great Britain, aged 28 and 48,” reports Metro.
Christopher had joined other volunteers on a rescue mission in Ukraine to help people escape from bombed areas.
He told Sky News last year: “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,” reports Metro.
Andrew, who lives in New Zealand, was in Ukraine to provide humanitarian aid.
A statement was released yesterday morning on behalf of his parents, which read: “Andrew is a very intelligent, independently-minded person, who went there as a volunteer to assist the people of Ukraine, believing it to be the morally right thing to do,” reports Metro.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office supports the families of Christopher and Andrew.
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