A Ukrainian grandmother is "settling in well" in a spare room after her Ellesmere Port son-in-law spent almost two weeks rescuing her following the Russian invasion.
Michael Felton, 61, drove more than 1,700 miles to bring his children's 83-year-old grandmother to safety in the UK after her city Kharkiv was bombarded with Russian air strikes. He said the "frail" pensioner had been living alone and had taken to removing her hearing aids at night to block out the sound of explosions, CheshireLive reports.
Mr Felton said it took "some coercion" to convince his Ukrainian wife's mother Nadia, known as Babulya to her family, to leave Kharkiv despite the fact Russia was shelling the city. He told PA news agency: "She's pretty comfortable and happy now, I go over and put a Russian-speaking comedy show on for her that she likes to watch.
