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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lottie Kilraine

Mother feels ‘helpless’ watching air strikes over Ukraine after fleeing to UK

A Ukrainian artist who fled to the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme after the Russian invasion has said she feels “helpless” watching fresh barrages of air strikes hit her hometown.

Victoria Chichinadze, 42, left her home in Kyiv with her two teenage daughters for the safety of Burley in Wharfedale in West Yorkshire, but said it was a hard decision to leave her elderly mother in the Ukrainian capital.

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