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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Louisa Streeting

Bristol Airport: Emotional scenes as refugees arrive from Ukraine

A Ukrainian woman has had an emotional reunion at Bristol Airport after she has been trying to help bring her family to safety in the UK.

Speaking to BBC Points West, Iryna greeted her family at the airport on Friday (March 18) with open arms in the terminal in Bristol where she will help settle them into life in North Somerset. Her sister and other family members were able to secure visas after they fled to Poland, where they have been living for the past two weeks since the war broke out in Ukraine on February 24.

More than three million people have left Ukraine as Russia continues to use military force in regions all over the country. Sisters Iryna and Olya appeared on Friday morning's programme to outline what's next for the family after their safe arrival in Bristol.

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