Svitlana Voitenko escaped from the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, south of Kyiv, after it was hit by seven Russian rockets. That same day, she would have visited the city centre that was destroyed with 23 dead, if her cousin hadn’t been very late for a get-together.
Svitlana wanted to come to the UK because of Russian threats to use nuclear weapons. With her now 10-year-old daughter Kateryna, she found a host in Bromsgrove. Later they were joined by her mother Tamara.
