It has now been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and millions of people were forced to leave their home and country to protect themselves and their loved ones from the ensuing war.
One of those people is Vikki Ishcheriakova, who fled the country with her mother and daughter, and has started working at the University of Sunderland as her family adapt to life in the North East.
The family are from Poltava, a historic city in the centre of Ukraine and they were able to take refuge in the UK through the Homes for Ukraine scheme, that Vikki found out about through Facebook.
