A Scottish Ukrainian couple have told of their trauma as they gather aid for Kyiv while Putin’s troops pound their former home city with missiles.
Neil and Katya Campbell met in the crisis capital and lived there together before moving to start a new life running a bed and breakfast near Fort William in 2015.
Katya’s parents, like many proud citizens, have refused to leave their apartment as missiles crash in the city around them.
Katya said: “We have felt very helpless here and we have been extremely stressed to think about what is happening with our family and friends in Kyiv.
“It is all we have been able to think of and it is obviously getting worse every day. We thought, like other people here, that it would be a good idea to gather some aid to send back and local people have been unbelievably generous.
“In a few days we raised more than £2000 and filled more than 150 boxes with supplies, which we hope will get to the Ukraine within the next few days.”
The goods being taken by truck to Ukraine are made up largely of specific items requested by leaders of the territorial guard serving communities around Kyiv.
Katya paid tribute to the Polish community around Lochaber and Inverness, who have been able to help find homes for friends of hers who have become refugees.
She said: “We can see that there is a massive international unity against what Putin is doing here and there has to be.”
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