Brit charity worker ‘suffered unspeakable torture’ & body ‘missing limbs’ after being returned by Russia, Ukraine claims

UKRAINE claims Russia has returned the wounded remains of a captured British humanitarian worker who died in July.

Paul Urey's body showed signs of "unspeakable torture," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba claimed.

His body reportedly had numerous cuts and missing body parts, according to Ukrainian officials.

Urey, 45, was captured by pro-Russian forces in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine in April.

Russia accused the dad-of-two from Warrington, Cheshire, of being a hired foreign fighter, although in fact, the Brit was there as part of a humanitarian rescue mission.

Both tried to enter territory controlled by Russian forces through a checkpoint near the city of Zaporizhzhia to rescue a trapped woman and her family.

He reportedly died on July 10, with Russian-backed officials putting his death in captivity down to "stress" and underlying health conditions.

Urey had type one diabetes and needed insulin.

In May, he was filmed in handcuffs by his captors explaining why he was in Ukraine, although it wasn't clear if he was speaking under duress.

If Kubela's torture claims are proven, it could contradict pro-Russian officials' statements that he died of natural causes.

Official Natalya Nikonorova was quoted by Russian state news agency Tass at the time as saying: "He died of acute coronary insufficiency aggravated by pulmonary and brain edema."

Another official claimed he was also in a "depressed psychological state due to indifference to his fate in his homeland".

Mr Kuleba said on Twitter announcing the news: "Russians have returned the body of a British humanitarian worker Paul Urie [sic] whom they captured in April and reported dead due to 'illnesses' and 'stress' in July.

"With signs of possible unspeakable torture. Detaining and torturing civilians is barbarism and a heinous war crime."