As the shells rain down thousands of miles away in Ukraine, all that the people trapped there can do is wait and hope.
Hope that the world can stop Vladimir Putin, hope that peace comes quickly and most of all hope that the people they love find safety.
For Ukrainians in Britain the waiting is torture as relatives back home try to flee perilous cities, stock up on food and fuel or contemplate the reality of taking up arms after President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his citizens to fight.
