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Ellie Forbes & Kathleen Speirs & edinburghlive Administrator

Edinburgh dad makes heartbreaking Poland decision after fleeing Ukraine with young family

An Edinburgh dad forced to flee his home in Ukraine with his young son after an air base just a few miles away was attacked by Russian forces has safely crossed the border into Poland.

Ken Stewart says he is now desperate to get wife Tania, daughter Yaryna and two-week old Douglas to Scotland after racing from their house 40 miles outside Kyiv amid the Kremlin’s invasion of the country.

The 54-year-old spent almost two days queuing with thousands of others desperate to escape fighting after taking the heart wrenching decision to leave many of Tania’s relatives behind.

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