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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sylvia Hui

Grieving Ukrainian mom finds refuge in UK, but little solace

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The small English village that Viktoria Kovalenko now calls home is peaceful, sleepy — a far cry from the fighting in Ukraine that killed her family in one horrific, unexpected blow. Her memories are a different matter.

“It’s a condition that I can’t control. Sometimes I think everything is fine. Sometimes I cry for no reason,” she told The Associated Press from her house in Kent, southeast England.

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