Forces from Russia’s Wagner Group on Wednesday found the body of one of two British voluntary aid workers reported missing in eastern Ukraine, the private military firm said in a statement.
It did not mention the name of the dead man but said documents belonging to both Britons had been found on his body.
A photo posted alongside the statement appeared to show passports bearing the names of Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry, the two missing workers.
Ukrainian police said on Monday they were looking for the pair who went missing in east Ukraine, the scene of heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces.
“Today the body of one of them was found. Documents for both Britons were discovered with him,” said the Wagner statement. It did not give details on where the body was found.
Ukrainian police said the two left the city of Kramatorsk for the town of Soledar on Friday morning and were reported missing on Saturday evening after contact with them was lost.
A spokesperson for Britain’s Foreign Office said: “We are supporting the families of two British men who have gone missing in Ukraine.”
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Russia’s Wagner Group says it found body of a missing Briton in Ukraine
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Russia’s Wagner Group says it found body of a missing Briton in Ukraine
- A photo posted alongside the statement appeared to show passports bearing the names of Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry
- Ukrainian police said the two left the city of Kramatorsk for the town of Soledar on Friday morning and were reported missing on Saturday evening
Trump says Vance to visit Armenia and Azerbaijan in February
WASHINGTON: US Vice President JD Vance will travel to Armenia and Azerbaijan in February, President Donald Trump said on Friday, with the intention to “build on” recent peace efforts.
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered agreement in August to end a decades-long conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan most recently took over in 2023.
“I want to thank President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia for honoring the Peace Agreement we signed last August,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“In February, Vice President Vance will travel to both Countries to build on our Peace efforts, and advance the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” he said, referring to a transit corridor created as part of the agreement.
The corridor through Armenia connects Azerbaijan, which is to its east, to its Nakhchivan exclave to the west.
The agreement gives the United States development rights to the corridor.
Trump said the United States would “strengthen our strategic partnership with Azerbaijan, a beautiful Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Armenia” and organize “Deals for our Great Semiconductor Makers.”
He also mentioned “the sale of Made in the USA. Defense Equipment, such as body armor and boats, and more, to Azerbaijan.”
The US State Department said this month Armenia would give the United States a nearly three-quarters stake in the development of the corridor, an agreement Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed as a “model for the world.”
Rubio met with Azerbaijan’s foreign minister this week and commended the country’s recent shipments of fuel to Armenia as evidence of a “continued commitment to the historic peace deal,” the State Department said.
Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a US-brokered agreement in August to end a decades-long conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan most recently took over in 2023.
“I want to thank President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia for honoring the Peace Agreement we signed last August,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“In February, Vice President Vance will travel to both Countries to build on our Peace efforts, and advance the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity,” he said, referring to a transit corridor created as part of the agreement.
The corridor through Armenia connects Azerbaijan, which is to its east, to its Nakhchivan exclave to the west.
The agreement gives the United States development rights to the corridor.
Trump said the United States would “strengthen our strategic partnership with Azerbaijan, a beautiful Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with Armenia” and organize “Deals for our Great Semiconductor Makers.”
He also mentioned “the sale of Made in the USA. Defense Equipment, such as body armor and boats, and more, to Azerbaijan.”
The US State Department said this month Armenia would give the United States a nearly three-quarters stake in the development of the corridor, an agreement Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed as a “model for the world.”
Rubio met with Azerbaijan’s foreign minister this week and commended the country’s recent shipments of fuel to Armenia as evidence of a “continued commitment to the historic peace deal,” the State Department said.
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