Aid worker missing in Ukraine

[Lilith7]

The son of the people who set up the first charity hospital here has gone missing; he'd been working as part of a team evacuating people & delivering aid there. I hope he & the other missing person are OK.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/1...o-his-work


"A Christchurch aid worker Andrew Bagshaw was working on the frontline of war-torn Ukraine when he went missing.

The 47-year-old geneticist from Christchurch has not been heard from for more than 48 hours.

He had been working as part of a team of Ukrainian and international volunteers delivering aid and evacuating citizens, in Ukraine since April.

His parents, founders of the Canterbury Charity Hospital, Philip and Dame Susan Bagshaw, confirmed on Monday their son had been reported missing.

Powell said Bagshaw had not been heard from for 48 hours and while that did not sound like a long time it was an eternity given the environment he was working in.

Bagshaw was working in Soledar, a city in the Bakhmut region.

Powell said he believed the outskirts of Soledar had been taken by the Russians, but the centre was still under Ukraine control. However, that information was three days old and the situation could have changed, he said.

Bagshaw was working as part of a team of volunteers and it was them who raised the alarm.

The evacuations he conducted were often carried out while under fire from Russian forces.

Powell said he understood Bagshaw was with a British national, who was also missing."