——paul urey. t was unable to pay for the repatriation, the family have had to rely on thousands of pounds in donations. we never would have made this happen without everyone�*s support. when we first heard of the money we had to raise, we kind ofjust come to terms with, maybe we�*ll never get this money. we set up a gofundme in hopes of raising... nowhere near the amount we�*ve raised, and it�*s still going. people are still showing us support and we couldn�*t be more thankful for it. paul�*s family and the uk government say he was doing humanitarian work when in april he was detained by pro—russian separatists at a checkpoint in ukraine and accused of being a mercenary. no matter what the situation, he always tried to make a better outcome. and i think in this situation, that�*s what he wanted to do. as he said to our mum, "i need to go and help the women and children. it's not their fault they're in this war." i don't think he understood the risks. lyndsey, who spoke to paul during his detention,

the arrangement had been criticised by the opposition and by some the body of british aid worker paul ureytoday after his family raised £10,000 to bring him home from ukraine. paul went to help families escape after russia invaded the country, but he was captured by pro—russian forces and accused of being a mercenary. ian haslam reports. paul urey�*s family, led by his two daughters, have spent the last two months trying desperately to have his body repatriated. with the foreign, commonwealth and development office telling them it was unable to pay for the repatriation, the family have had to rely on thousands of pounds in donations. we never would have made this happen without everyone's support. when we first heard of the money we had to raise, we kind ofjust come to terms with, maybe we'll never get this money. we set up a gofundme in hopes of raising... nowhere near the amount we've raised, and it's still going. people are still showing us support and we couldn't be more thankful for it. paul's family and the uk government say he was doing humanitarian work when in april he was detaine

the body of british aid worker paul urey will arrive back in the uk later today after his family raisedut everyone�*s support. when we first heard of the money we had to raise, we kind ofjust come to terms with, maybe we�*ll never get this money. we set up a gofundme in hopes of raising... nowhere near the amount we�*ve raised, and it�*s still going. people are still showing us support and we couldn�*t be more thankful for it. paul�*s family and the uk government say he was doing humanitarian work when in april he was detained by pro—russian separatists at a checkpoint in ukraine and accused of being a mercenary. no matter what the situation, he always tried to make a better outcome. and i think in this situation, that�*s what he wanted to do. as i said to our mum, "i need to go and help the women and children. it's not their fault they're in this war." i don't don't think he understood the risks. i don't think he understood the risks. lyndsey, who spoke to paul during his detention, also addressed claims from the ukraine government that her brother had been tortured. devastated that a