When Putin invaded Ukraine in February, Zorian Tytych was just beginning his A level revision in earnest. The teenager, who came to Wales three years ago to study for his GCSEs and then his A levels, had to watch in horror from afar as his family fled their home city of Kyiv and his father and cousin went to the fight on the frontline.
His family told him to stay in Wales and finish his A levels at Cardiff Sixth Form College. But Zorian, now 18, was determined to help and combined revising for four A levels with translating for refugees in Wales and now for the British Army.
Celebrating his results today - with his four As in physics, maths, biology and chemistry was tinged with sadness. Zorian said he tried not to think too much about the danger his family is in as it would drive him "mad with worry".
