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Stuart McFarlane

Ukrainian refugee making new life in Killin tells of harrowing story a year on from Russian invasion

The quiet surroundings of Killin may feel like the ideal place to escape the horrors of a brutal invasion.

But for Alla Tupchiy-Kochetova, her time in the Stirlingshire countryside is an unexpected detour in a year that has seen her and her family lose everything in the Ukraine conflict which started just over a year ago.

On February 24, their lives in the coastal city of Mariupol were turned upside down as Russian shells shook the windows and walls of their home at 4.30am - and then the first shell hit the city itself later that afternoon.

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