A couple who fled Ukraine for Britain are planning to move back to the war-torn country because of the spiralling costs of life in the UK. Joe Place, 29, and his wife, 34-year-old Irina, fled Kyiv in February to escape conflict and headed to Joe's hometown of Sheffield, Yorkshire.
But Joe, a PhD student and content writer, soon realised conditions in the UK weren't ideal as the couple were met with "terrible" housing and high costs. Irina, who received a Ukraine Family Scheme visa, struggled with her husband for seven months to make life in the UK work - before they both gave up and decided to go back to a country that is actively at war.
