A family fled war in Ukraine and settled in Runcorn after initially being turned away at the border.
It was very early in the morning of February 24 when 10-year-old Sviatoslav and his eight-year-old sister Sofia were shaken awake by their mother Maria. War had broken out in their country, and they had to escape.
“My mum woke us up and we went to the city,” says Sviatoslav, translated by his aunt, Olesja. The city is about an hour away, from there a bus was scheduled to take the family out of the country.
