Overview

• Kramatorsk district police say Annie Lewis Marffy, 69, suffered “injuries incompatible with life” in a June 11–12 drone strike and that her remains are in an active combat zone.
• Aid Ukraine says evidence indicates she was targeted on the Bakhmut highway after parking her green Toyota RAV4, and the death is being treated as a potential war crime.
• She entered Ukraine on June 4 on a self-funded mission, last contacted family on June 8 and the NGO on June 10 after declining a planned handover in Lviv.
• Her relatives say the absence of recoverable remains has blocked issuance of a death certificate and legal closure, and the FCDO says it is supporting them in contact with local authorities.
• The NGO says Ukraine has an expedited process to certify deaths without remains that can take six to 12 months, while private retrieval attempts are deemed too dangerous or prohibitively costly.