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Sarah Ward & Craig Meighan

Ukrainian teenager who fled to Scotland heartbroken after leaving parents behind

A teenager who fled the war in Ukraine and came to Scotland alone told of her heartbreak at leaving her parents behind.

Varvara Shevtsova, 18, arrived in Edinburgh on March 28 and met her sponsors at Waverley Station.

She had left her mum, Nataliia Shevtsova, in Munich, Germany, while her dad Oleh Shevtsova, 53, stayed behind to fight in Ukraine.

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