POLICE believe a decomposing body found in the search for Daniel Burke is the missing ex-Brit soldier.
Cops today told heartbroken father Kevin – whose Ukrainian volunteer soldier son had been missing for five weeks – that a body unearthed earlier this week is likely to be his son’s.
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They believe he was killed by unsurvivable gunshot wounds to the head and chest, fired from the gun of a fellow volunteer who is now the prime suspect.
Officers will conduct DNA tests on the remains in the coming days to confirm the body’s identity.
The remains were too decayed to identify visually, detectives previously said.
The former paratrooper from Manchester, 36, had a number of distinctive tattoos and formed the Dark Angels group last year – a British-led team of international volunteers.
He was last seen in Zaporizhzia on August 11, more than 15 miles from the closest frontline.
Cops are said to have identified a prime suspect – Australian-Lebanese fighter Nourine Abdelfetah.