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Barney Davis

Londoner running Ukrainian orphanage evacuates 270 children from Odesa warzone

Children have been rescued from an orphanage in Odessa

(Picture: Tikva)

A Londoner rescuing orphans from the horrors of war in Ukraine has hit out at the British Government for not doing enough to accommodate refugees despite the UK’s relative wealth compared to the war-torn eastern European country’s neighbours.

Jeremy Posen, 53, from North London, has helped rescue over a thousand Ukrainians, including newborn babies and 270 orphans, from Odessa and get them across the border to Romania through his charity Tikva, which cares for vulnerable Jewish children in Ukraine.

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