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Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock is living with seven Ukrainian refugees and four of their dogs at his house - after quietly welcoming them in over Easter.

Ukrainian war reporters are being protected by kit bought with the help of a £20,000 donation from the Mail. Among those is photojournalist Bohdan Bortakov, who was given a helmet and vest.

Angela, Diana and Liana Dzahnoian are fleeing Putin for a second time - after fleeing Georgia as children and moving to Ukraine, they are now running from the dictators war machine.

ROBERT HARDMAN: First, its the chopped tomatoes along with the can of hot dogs - the heavy stuff. Next, its a can of tuna and a jumbo bag of porridge oats.

Red tape has forced a ten-month-old Ukrainian refugee (pictured) to wait to get into Britain with his mother - so that he can be security checked.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: One in seven shops around the country now lies empty, many having failed to recover from the ravages of lockdown.

Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk thanked supporters of the Mail Force appeal, saying: We are very grateful to the readers of the Mail for their cooperation because we know that Ukraine us not alone.

LORD BILIMORIA: Each day since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought terrible news of fresh horrors.

Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss lead praise as readers generosity sends 500,000 boxes of food to starving families in Ukraine. Mail Force has been widely endorsed.

Families who have fled from eastern Ukraine to the relative safety of Odessa describe horrific conditions which have arisen after a month of Russian occupation following the invasion.