Ukrainian families living in Rowlands Gill are doing their bit to help their home country - and involving the whole village in their efforts.
Slava and Oleg Shumihin, who have lived in the Gateshead village for nearly three years, have organised weekly sessions in St Barnabas Church Hall to make camouflage nets to send back to their home country to help troops fighting the Russian invasion.
Slava's mother Anhela, 59, is a volunteer with the Territorial Defence Force in Kyiv, and Slava said that the request had come from her mum's group, who are helping to defend Ukraine's capital city. Slava, 36, said: "My mum is on the frontline and this request came from her group of soldiers.
