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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Dublin

Dublin welcomes dazed Ukrainian arrivals with food, buggies and toys

Kate Kolva, left, and Olha Novikova at Dublin Airport
Kate Kolva, left, and Olha Novikova at Dublin Airport. Photograph: Ruth Medjber/The Observer

“Thank you very much Ireland,” said Kate Kolva, waving a little blue and yellow flag in the arrivals hall at Dublin Airport.

As she waited to collect her best friend’s mother, Ukrainians with no family connections with the country were all too easy to identify.

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