It's nearly a month since a terrified Ukrainian family was offered a safe home in North Tyneside - yet they're still trapped in their besieged home country.
On March 26, Gemma Saleh, from Whitley Bay, applied through the Government's Homes for Ukraine Scheme for visas for a mum and five-year-old daughter with whom she'd connected online.
But 26 days later, the pair are still living in their home town, near Vinnytsia, in West-Central Ukraine, desperately awaiting a safe route out. The pair, who don't wish to be named, are scared to find themselves homeless if they leave for a nearby country like Poland, but the longer they stay in Ukraine the more danger they face.
