Ukrainian sculptor who fled Kyiv accepted into Royal Society of British Artists

One of Lidagovsky’s works, Tightrope Walker. He said the honorary membership came as an exciting and unexpected surprise. Photograph: Alex Lidagovsky/PA

A Ukrainian sculptor who fled to the UK when his studio was destroyed has been accepted into the Royal Society of British Artists.

Alex Lidagovsky was forced to leave Kyiv with his wife, Dasha Nepochatova, and 16-year-old stepdaughter after the Russian invasion began on 24 February 2022.