.– ‘Completely immersed’ –

A memorial for Parry would be organized by “those closest to him”, volunteer Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke wrote in an Instagram post.

Flowers were laid at the altar after a service, where Archpriest Petro Landvytovych paid tribute to Bagshaw and others “who gathered from all over the world to help the Ukrainian people”.

Mykola, 24, met Bagshaw while evacuating people from Soledar and said the older man was “completely immersed” in the work of helping people and had been doing so in Donetsk since March, despite not speaking the language.

“He reacted absolutely unemotionally to everything, he had nerves of steel,” he said, despite the pervasive danger.

“Volunteers on the front line are dying. It’s all about chance out there, if you are lucky — you survive.”

For Victoria Ivleva, Ivlev-Yorke’s mother, concern for her children and other volunteers on the frontlines comes with a mix of feelings.

“Worry of course, pride of course, love of course, anxiety of course, hatred to those who did it and love for those whom they are saving,” she told reporters after the ceremony.

Source:kyivpost.com/