FEARS are growing for a British freedom fighter missing in Ukraine.
Former Para Daniel Burke was last seen alive on Aug 11 in the city of Zaporizhzhia, around 15 miles from the frontline.
Daniel Burke, second from left, was last seen alive on Aug 11 in the city of Zaporizhzhia, around 15 miles from the frontlinePeter Jordan – The Sun
Burke, left in top row, formed the Dark Angels volunteer group last yearPeter Jordan – The Sun
The group took part in a dare-devil mission to blitz a Russian armoured vehicle with a Javelin anti-tank missile in the bloodbath battle of KhersonSupplied
Pals fear he may have been kidnapped or killed after he vanished without trace.
Burke, 36, from Manchester, formed the Dark Angels volunteer group last year.
He led a dare-devil mission to blitz a Russian armoured vehicle with a Javelin anti-tank missile in the bloodbath battle of Kherson.
But he had shifted his focus to rescue missions and evacuated stranded civilians bomb-blitzed eastern Bakhmut and the Zaporizhzhia frontline.
Police gained entry to his apartment but found no evidence of foul play.
He was last seen around 6.30pm on Friday when a pal dropped him off at the building.
His phone was not responding the following day.
Fellow volunteers have scrambled to the city to try and spearhead a search.
One said: “It’s a mystery.”
The Afghan war veteran served with 3rd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, from 2007 to 2009.
He worked as a builder in Manchester until the the Manchester Arena terror attack inspired him to take up arms against Isis terrorists.
He travelled to Syria and fought with Kurdish YPG group with a fellow foreign volunteers.
He was arrested in Britain in 2019 on suspicion of terrorism but the case was dropped with no charges.
Turkey considers the YPG a terrorist group, but they were Britain’s allies in the fight against Isis.
Two British aid workers Andrew Bagshaw, 47, and Christopher Parry, 28, disappeared on Jan 6 as the tried to evacuate civilians from bomb-blitzed Soledar.
Their families confirmed they were dead two weeks later.
Bagshaw’s father said they were probably dragged from their car and shot and may also have been tortured.
Burke travelled to Syria to fight Isis and fought alongside the Kurdish YPG groupCollect