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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Sophie Halle-Richards

'We cry every day': Ukrainian family fled to Greater Manchester and left everything they love behind

As they celebrate their first Christmas in England, it's hard to comprehend what Alina Muhsin and her family have been through over the last twelve months.

Putin's invasion of their home country, Ukraine, saw Alina, her husband Munadil, mother, Halyna, and their two children, Amir and Ariana, forced to leave behind life as they knew it, and head for the Polish border.

Following a terrifying journey of uncertainty across central Europe, the Muhsins were finally offered sanctuary in a small town outside Bury - some 1,700 miles from their hometown of Kyiv.

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