Chris Parry and Andrew Bagshaw went missing last month after travelling to the eastern Ukraine town of Soledar to volunteer with aid efforts, but were killed while attempting to rescue an elderly woman during intense military action.
Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president's office, said the bodies were handed over by the Russians in a prisoner-of-war exchange on Saturday."Those are the defenders of Mariupol, Kherson partisans, snipers from Bakhmut vicinities, and other heroes of ours.
The men had attempted to rescue an elderly woman in Soledar in the eastern Donetsk region during intense military action when their car was struck by an artillery shell, according to a statement from Mr Bagshaw's parents. Dame Sue and Professor Phil Bagshaw said"due to official legal processes in Ukraine, it will be some time before Andrew's remains are returned to New Zealand", where he lived.
They added:"We urge the civilised countries of the world to stop this immoral war and to help the Ukrainians to rid their homeland of an aggressor."Andrew Bagshaw's father on son's deathMr Parry's family described their son as having"selfless determination in helping the old, young and disadvantaged" in a statement through the Foreign Office last month.
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