Ukrainian teenager Kate Kozyrieva is heading home after an action-packed four months spent with her relatives in Rowlands Gill.
Thirteen-year-old Kate travelled with her cousin Daniil Dushaiev to stay with his sister and her husband, who settled in the Gateshead village two years ago. Slava Shumihin flew to Poland to bring her brother Daniil to the UK in April, after their mother Anhela, signed up to the Territorial Defence Force to fight against the Russian invasion in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and she decided that it was too dangerous for 15-year-old Daniil to stay at home.
Kate was originally going to stay with her parents and older brother in their village outside Kyiv, but her parents were growing increasingly concerned about their daughter's safety and made the snap decision to evacuate her after the village next to theirs was bombed.
