‘I will stay until Kharkiv is rebuilt’: we revisit five Ukrainian families rebuilding their lives in the EU

Sickness followed exile for Maria Ustenko and her three-year old daughter Mila, pictured at the Motol hospital in Prague where Mila underwent surgery. Photograph: Bjoern Steinz/The Guardian

In the weeks after the Russian invasion, the Guardian spoke to five Ukrainian families who had fled the country. Nearly four months on from the invasion, the families talk about the realities of their new lives.

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