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Expat refuses to leave Ukraine because officials won't let his wife go with him

A British expat living in Ukraine is refusing to leave because UK officials won't help evacuate his Ukrainian wife with him - and says dogs were given more priority in Kabul.

Thomas Jones, 52, moved to Ukraine in 2015 where he met and married his wife, Iryna, 47, the following year.

Mr Jones, who moved to Ukraine to work and start up his business in Lviv, known as the IT hub centre in Ukraine, is now being urged to leave the country by the British Government - but is struggling to take his wife with him.

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