They came to this country over half a century apart. Anna Zelenewycz, 96, arrived in Greater Manchester in 1948 having fled Ukraine six years earlier during the Second World War.
Yulia Kovalenko, 35, arrived last May having made the heartbreaking decision to leave her dad and her cat behind, after Russia's full-scale invasion of her homeland began.
Yet today (Friday) both women who were forced to flee the horrors of war, stood just yards apart outside Bolton town hall to honour the heroes defending their country, and remember the fallen.
