Why our Ukrainian family said goodbye to Sussex

Her letter explaining her decision to stay was full of hope that “we can meet again, in my beautiful Ukraine”.

During fierce battles between Russian troops and Ukrainian forces, this woman and and scores of other Ukrainians spent weeks in the basement of the monastery that belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
CNS photo/Zohra Bensemra, Reuters

Olena celebrated and loved everything her hosts showed her, but in the end decided she had to go back to her mother and husband, and her country, despite all the risks.

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