It’s the unthinkable dilemma no parent wants to face. Leave your wartorn country to keep one child safe, or stay together in your homeland - risking every life - to be with the child who is forced to stay and fight.This ‘Sophie’s Choice’-style nightmare became the harsh reality for one Ukrainian family. Oksana Voloshchuk, 40, is the loving mum of two children - son Denys, 19, and daughter Veronika, 15.
Lockerbie family taking in family of refugees who fled Ukraine
01.04.2022 - 11:27 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Lockerbie couple are taking in a family of Ukrainian refugees who fled their home following the invasion by Russian troops.
Stuart and Helen King will be welcoming Olena Krasovskaya and her children, Polina and Nikita.
The trio are currently in a holding centre in Poland waiting for visas to be granted to allow them to come to Scotland.
As soon as the process is approved, the family will make their way to Lockerbie where they will live for at least six months.
Helen said: “Olena Krasovskaya, who was a dentist in Ukraine, is coming to live with us with her two children aged 12 and 14.
“She has been forced to leave behind her oldest son who is 21 to fight the Russians.
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking for her. I can’t imagine boys like this having to stand against an invading army and the terrible decision she had to make to leave him to save her two other children.
“We are so fortunate not to have to face decisions like these. The only decision we have to make is if we can help them.
“When war broke out, Stuart said to me that when the time comes, we will take in refugees and I immediately set about trying to find out how we could do that.”
The couple were put in contact with a woman who set up the Glasgow group of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, which matches families fleeing the country with families here volunteering to take them in.
Helen said: “I got a call saying they had a family for us and needed to know there and then if we’d take them and I agreed straight away,”
After contacting Olena through WhatsApp, Helen and Stuart found out the family are currently sleeping on camp beds on the floor of a holding centre in Warsaw with very little food available,
Helen added: “We’re just looking forward to getting them here now although
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