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The bodies of British volunteer aid workers Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw have been returned to Ukraine as part of a prisoner swap with Russia.
Mr Parry, 28, and Mr Bagshaw, 47, are thought to have been killed when their car was hit by an artillery shell during the evacuation of civilians from Soledar in January.
Their return is part of a prisoner swap of 179 prisoners between Ukraine and Russia, returning 116 Ukrainians and 63 Russian prisoner of wars back to their respective countries.
Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said: 'We managed to return 116 of our people, defenders of Mariupol, partisans from Kherson, snipers from the Bakhmut [front] and other heroes of ours.'
He added: 'In addition, we managed to return the bodies of the dead foreign volunteers - Christopher Matthew [Parry] and Andrew Tobias Matthew Bagshaw, as well as the body of the dead
