Yorkshire-based Victoria alerts her elderly mother in the Ukrainian capital to possible attacks.
An 80-year-old Ukrainian grandmother living in war-torn Kyiv gets alerted to missile attack warnings by her refugee daughter in West Yorkshire.
The artist fled to the UK with her two teenage daughters earlier in the war but stays up at night to try and keep her mother safe from afar.Ms Chichinadze, who lives with a host family in Burley in Wharfedale, said her mother was in "a very dangerous situation" but didn't want to leave her home. "I'm so nervous that she won't hear the sirens so I contact her and make sure she goes to the cellar for safety.Ms Chichinadze's partner, Uri, who has remained in Ukraine, was recently "knocked to the floor" by a nearby blast while walking to a doctor's appointment.
"It was horrible when I was inside, but when you're on the outside it's the most terrible feeling you can imagine because you feel helpless," she said.Russian strikes on Monday cut off power and water supplies in parts of Kyiv
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