When Mykhailo and his family fled their home in Ukraine, little did they know that weeks later they would live with a couple in a small village in North Wales. After dealing with the enormous emotion of leaving behind everything they knew, they had to make a long and arduous journey to the UK, navigating confusing systems and bureaucracy along the way.
Mykhailo fled Kharkiv with his wife, Yuliia, and their two children in the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They left behind many family and friends, and their pet dog and parrot.
A difficult and dangerous trip across the border to Moldova came next, before the long and arduous process of gaining a UK visa started. Now, they are beginning to become settled into life in Gwynedd.
