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David Young

Belfast Ukraine advice centre volunteer tells how she fled war

A Ukrainian woman who fled the war has said she felt duty-bound to volunteer at a new advice centre for refugees arriving in Northern Ireland.

Galyna Valvenkina left her home in Zhytomyr, a city about 80 miles west of the capital Kyiv, 10 days after the Russian invasion.

Ms Valvenkina and her husband, who is originally from Derry, spent a week travelling across Europe before reaching Dublin.

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