A Ukrainian mum has revealed the horror of fleeing their bomb-hit city and having to set up a new life without her husband in Swansea. Mariia Tur, 32, feared for her five-year-son Daniel’s life if she remained in Ukraine and was moved to tears as she remembered saying goodbye to her husband, Yuri, 35, who she hasn’t seen in almost three months.
She struggled to find the words to say how she felt. All she could muster was that “it was a big shock.”
Mariia, who is now with a host family in Penllergaer, told how they suffered sleepless nights in the country invaded by Russia, and had to go to bed in their clothes ready for the moment that the sirens would go off. Bombs have been dropped on Lviv, directly on the flat behind her home. You can get more Swansea news and other story updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.
