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Villagers living in areas close to the Russian border were delighted to receive the first shipment of vital aid packages, which have been part-funded by our Mail Force appeal.

Weeks of heavy shelling and occupation by Russian forces had left the frontline village of Mezenivka in a desperate situation - and locals have gone weeks without a proper meal.

Svetlana Ginzhul, 54, has not heard from her soldier husband in over a week. instead of brooding on her troubles, the mother of three has opened her home in the village of Luch.

When Olya Robertson heard Inna Horbenko was hiding in a basement in Ukraine as missiles rained down, she did not hesitate to offer her old schoolmate shelter in the British home where she now lived.

A staggering 500,000 food parcels have been bought in an £8 million joint project between the Mail Force charity and the Ukrainian Embassy in London.

Kristina Korniiuk, 34, of Kyiv, was granted a visa under the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and arrived at Cambridge home of Rend Platings today after a journey which took more than 24 hours.

A total of 86,100 visas had been issued by Wednesday, the Government said. But as of Monday just 27,100 Ukrainians had arrived in the UK, according to figures.

Vladimir Putin is secretly plotting to seize food in occupied areas of Ukraine to fill shelves in Russia after Western sanctions sparked crippling shortages, reviving horrors of Ukraines Holodomor.

Government data shows record numbers of youngsters were obese or morbidly overweight by the time they started Reception or left primary in England in April 2021, after three lockdowns.

Ukrainian mum Valeriia Starkova (pictured), 37,has become one of the first refugees to find work in the UK as she started her job as a beautician - and her boss is already singing her praises.