Family of UK aid volunteer reportedly killed in Ukraine ‘disappointed’ by Foreign Office | UK news
He said that the family of a British aid volunteer who was killed on a drone strike in Ukraine was very disappointed than the reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
69 -year -old Annie Lewis Marffy traveled from her home in Silvertton near the Exeter in Devon in late May to offer packaged materials to a green Toyota RAV4 at a time organized by AID Ukraine England. The intermediary would lead Kramatorsk to convoy with a British volunteer in the Donbas region.
According to a police file, he arrived in Ukraine on June 4, and on the morning of June 11, a Russian drone strike reportedly continued to olmayan incompatible injuries ”. Kramatorsk Regional Police Department, the body of the body of active hostility and the judicial medical examination department to make evacuation measures impossible to transfer, “he said.
Based on this information, his relatives requested a death certificate through local authorities or foreign, Society of Nations and Development (FCDO). They said that this would allow the three to mourn and start the probe process for his “brave, talented and determined mother.
AID Ukraine, the founder of England, Katarzyna Bylok, said that the PA Media News Agency would give a death certificate for months or years, as Lewis Marffy’s ruins cannot be safely rescued.
He defined the area allegedly killed as a “killing zone of the volunteer.
“He leaves his family in a terrible red-tape limo,” he said. “They will never take your body. But what they need is the ability to close their work. The hands of their sons are tied; no power of attorney.”
The family said: “The whole family, sisters and sons were very disappointed in the lack of FCDO’s reaction and the lack of the police’s response.
“After all this time, we have no report from the Ukrainian police. This should come from Ukraine and will be sent to Devon and Cornwall police.”
The police said that Lewis Marffy, which contains information that would help the family to manage their work, protected the analysis.
“The family was desperate to get more information. It was assumed that their mother was missing and dead to their sons,” he said.
Bylok said that it was a accelerated process to confirm deaths in cases where the remains could not be recovered in Ukraine, but it still took six to 12 months. “There is enough evidence to prove that Annie was dead,” he said. “For a death certificate, procedures need to be updated, stating that you should have residues or DNA.”
Lewis Marffy traveled from Europe on a convoy with an old soldier from Wales, who had to return to England after being uncomfortable in Poland. He insisted that he would continue his duty to deliver the materials to the Ukrainian army in Kramatorsk after he was suggested to deliver the vehicle to help Ukrainian teams in Lviv.
On the evening of June 10, he contacted AID Ukraine on the evening of June 10, saying that it was 55 minutes away from his target. After not getting news from Lewis Marffy, Bylok released a picture of Telegram and asked for information about where it was. The police later contacted Bylok to tell Lewis Marffy to be killed.
A FCDO spokesman: “We support the family of a British woman who is missing in Ukraine and in contact with local authorities.” He said.
