Two British charity workers are feared to have been captured by Russian forces in Ukraine
UK non-profit organisation Presidium Network said the two men had been detained by Russian forces at a checkpoint south of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine on Monday.Dominik Byrne, a co-founder of the charity, told the BBC the two workers were trying to evacuate a woman and two children.
He explained: "She was told they were five minutes away but then two hours later her home was stormed by Russian soldiers." It comes after a former soldier was named as the first British national killed in Ukraine, with a second British man reported missing. Meanwhile, the latest intelligence update from the UK's Ministry of Defence said: "The Battle of Donbas remains Russia’s main strategic focus, in order to achieve its stated aim of securing control over the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
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