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Aakanksha Surve

Ukraine crisis: Dublin family's week of terror as pregnant sister and son flee war-torn homeland

A Dublin woman has spoken of her family's week of terror after her pregnant stepsister and her eight-year-old son were stuck in war-torn Ukraine.

Jade Dunne told Dublin Live that Kristina, 30, who is eight months pregnant, and Artem, were finally reunited with the rest of their family in Ireland last night after a long, treacherous journey spanning three countries.

The Ukrainian family of four which included Kristina's husband, Ruslan, eight-year-old son, Artem, and grandmother, Oksana, had been trying to leave for the last two weeks but couldn't due to visa issues.

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