Scots hairdresser puts honeymoon on hold to help refugees fleeing Ukraine war

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A hairdresser has put her honeymoon on hold after flying to Germany to collect a Ukrainian mum and daughter and bring them “home” to Scotland.

Big hearted Holly Ehret and Andy Brown are due to wed next Monday. They were among the first in Scotland to match as sponsors for Ukrainian refugees – and hoped Valentina Lukianenko, 41, and Anna, 11, would have been here a month ago.But the situation dragged on and a visa was only issued days ago.Holly, 48, was determined that Valentina and Anna would not get stuck in yet more red tape in Berlin and she was concerned because neither has flown before.So she jumped on a plane and picked them up before flying them back to the home they will share in Dollar, Clackmannanshire.Former model Holly, originally from Colorado, said: “The situation has been beyond stressful, as the visa application was meant to be a few days but rumbled on for more than a month."Basically, Valentina’s visa was ok but for some crazy reason, Anna’s just failed to come in for ages.“When the visa finally came in, I think we all agreed that we would only believe it was real when Valentina and Anna are actually at home in Dollar.“I simply didn’t trust that they wouldn’t end up getting held up by hassle at the airport, so it seemed the best idea was to get out there and meet them in Germany.”Holly is delighted that her nuptials with Andy, 55, are still able to go ahead but says the honeymoon to the Outer Hebrides can wait.She said: “The wedding is obviously a big thing for us but, to be honest, all our energy has been focused on sorting out this situation with Valentina and Anna.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood,