A year ago today, the world woke up to war.
In the early hours, the first wave of Russian president Vladimir Putin's barbaric invasion of peaceful Ukraine saw air strikes hit major cities and military bases in the country, as desperate civilians piled into trains and cars to flee to wherever they could.
Images of families sheltering in subways as air raid sirens sounded outside dominated news bulletins reporting the ever increasing death toll. The war led to the displacement of millions of Ukrainians, a large number of whom now thankfully call Greater Manchester their home.
