She will never forget the moment the war began
A year after the Russian invasion that tore her family apart, Liliia Kozlovska wished she could reunite with her husband in a flat in Nottingham, away from the deadly war in her motherland. "Us, Ukrainians, all we feel is pain inside", she told Nottinghamshire Live's Olimpia Zagnat, in a special interview a year after the major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, on February 24.
Unlike other Ukrainian nationals who prepared in advance, Mrs Kozlovska said she never anticipated an "awful war like my grandparents had in the 21st century". She added: "Many people put together their 'anxiety suitcases'. "We saw smoke, then the shaking, and then the alarm went off. Everyone then got out - we were staying in the street, looking in the sky - and planes were flying above us.
The decision of leaving her husband, family, friends, and her job as a teacher in Ukraine was not taken lightly. "I started crying when we decided to move. But it was after we saw big holes in the ground - and everything was black." And just overnight, Mrs Kozlovska was "overwhelmed" by the number of invitations from families in the UK who were willing to sponsor her and 12-year-old Sasha Kozlovska. "Even to this day, I cannot understand how British people are so open-hearted", she added. "They are incredible.
He got permission to fly his homeland, and be a little closer to his family. "He travelled to Scotland through the programme", she added.
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