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Belfast Live
Belfast Live
National
Jane Corscadden

Ukraine crisis: East Belfast deli owner 'heartbroken' by war donating items to refugees

A Polish woman living in Belfast is collecting donations for Ukrainian refguees as the war has left her "heartbroken."

Trained chef, photographer and florist Monika Rawson owns Smokey Deli in East Belfast, and moved to the city from Poland in 2007.

Her family - many of whom remain in the country - live just 40km away from the border with Ukraine, and have witnessed the huge amount of refugees flocking to the country.

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