Briton dies in detention in eastern Ukraine - separatist official

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the embassy of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in Moscow, Russia July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

(Reuters) -A British aid worker who was detained by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine and accused of being a mercenary has died, an official in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said on Friday.

Paul Urey, 45, was captured in southeast Ukraine in late April and charged with "mercenary activities" by separatists in the DPR, a breakaway entity which is recognised only by Russia, Syria and North Korea.