Ukrainian family finds refuge in Prague's Russian community

Yulia Fedulova from Russia and her daughter Sofi,10, speak with a Ukrainian refugee Yulia Sarycheva and her sons Sergey, 15, Sava, 12, and Serafin, 8, as the Russian invasion continues, inside Fedulova's house in Prague, Czech Republic, March 30, 2022. REUTERS/David W Cerny

A month after fleeing her home in central Ukraine with her three sons, Yulia Sarycheva is sharing a pot of tea with a pair of artists who are putting them up in their home in an old Prague suburb.

The fact their hosts Peter Bankov and his wife Yulia Fedulova are Russians makes no difference to the 41-year-old from the city of Dnipro.