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Heather Greenaway

Pride of Scotland hero Stevie Carr returns to Ukraine for first time since mercy mission to rescue orphans

PRIDE of Scotland winner Stevie Carr has returned to the Ukraine for the first time since he rescued 56 orphans from the war-ravaged city of Dnipro in March last year.

The big-hearted dad-of-three, who broke down in tears when some of the children he helped evacuate surprised him on stage at our awards, warned the situation in Ukraine’s fourth-largest city is as dire as ever.

On January 14 more than 40 people, including six children, were killed when a Russian rocket smashed into a nine storey apartment block in a residential area of Dnipro.

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