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Friends Mourn Volunteer Who Was Killed Helping Civilians In Ukraine


A farewell ceremony was held in Kyiv on January 29 for volunteer Andrew Bagshaw.
A farewell ceremony was held in Kyiv on January 29 for volunteer Andrew Bagshaw.

Friends and volunteers gathered on January 29 at Kyiv's St. Sophia’s Cathedral to say goodbye to Andrew Bagshaw, a New Zealand scientist who was killed in Ukraine with another volunteer while they were trying to evacuate people from a frontline town. Bagshaw, 48, a dual New Zealand-British citizen, and British volunteer Christopher Parry, 28, went missing this month while heading to the town of Soledar, in the eastern Donetsk region, where heavy fighting was taking place. To read the original story from AP, click here.

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