Family of aid volunteer 'disappointed' by red tape

Woman, 69, reportedly killed by Russian drone strike in eastern Ukraine

- PA REPORTERS

THE family of a British aid volunteer reportedly killed in a drone strike in Ukraine have said they are “very disappointed” by the response from authorities.

Annie Lewis Marffy, 69, travelled from her home in Silverton, near Exeter, Devon, in late May to deliver a green Toyota Rav4 packed with supplies, as reported in Saturday's WMN. Her mission, arranged by nonprofit organisation Aid Ukraine UK, was to take the vehicle in convoy with a British volunteer to Kramatorsk in the contested Donbas region.

Ms Lewis Marffy arrived in Ukraine on June 4 and reportedly sustained “injuries incompatible with life” in a Russian drone strike on the morning of June 11, according to a police file.

The Kramatorsk district police department said her body “remains in an area of active hostilities, making it impossible to conduct evacuation measures to transfer the body to the forensic medical examination department”.

Her relatives have asked for a death certificate to be issued, based on this information, either through local authorities or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).