Families from Ukraine who fled to safety in Perth and Kinross have come together with local communities this week to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of their country.Today (February 24) marks one year on since the start of Russia president Vladimir Putin’s ongoing war against the eastern European nation and its people.Millions of Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes, some of whom have found shelter in Perth and Kinross, and tens of thousands of people have died.A total of 392 families have been displaced to the county from Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict in what is one of the largest displacement crises in the world.Olha Nosova-Yelisieieva (36), from Cherkasy, attended the gathering at Tay Street having moved to Scone last May with her 10-year-old son and her mother.“It is pretty hard right now not just for me but for all Ukrainians I speak with,” she said.“When the war started in Ukraine I had a double amount of stress because that same day my dad had an operation on his heart.“Lots of people just wanted to leave the country and went on the road to the border.“I could not leave at first because of my dad’s condition in hospital.
Then we tried to leave the country, which was not easy and everyone was panicking.”After months of endeavour, art teacher Olha and her family finally made it to Perthshire but her father chose to stay in Ukraine to aid the military in their attempts to hold off Russian forces.“My father is fine now.
We made all the documents for him to come here but he did not want to because he wanted to help the military with aid even though he is not in the military,” she added.“Of course I want to go back to Ukraine as I have a home there and my dog is still there, my dad is
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