A scared 14-year-old Ukrainian teenager has sent a WhatsApp message to a British family to say: “Thank you for giving us an opportunity to live in a safe country”.
Victoria Malona, her mum Lillia, 38, dad Vitalii and her little sister Ilona, six, are expected to be among the first refugees to arrive in the UK next week.
They have been offered accommodation at Sabrina and Tony Edge’s home in Driffield near Hull, ex Londoners who moved up north with their three daughters - Emily, 19, Maddie, 16, and Kitty, 11, where they could live in a bigger home.