A mother who fled Ukraine while was 36 weeks pregnant gave birth to a girl in the UK.
Lena Kulakovska said that when her family's home in her Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, was damaged by artillery during the Russian invasion, she was devastated by the war. decided to flee their hometown.
The city was the scene of theBucha massacrein the early stages of the Russian offensive, where more than 1,000 of her Ukrainians, including dozens of killed civilians, were killed. was massacred.
Lena's husband Sergiy, determined to flee, is unable to cross her borders, and Lena travels thousands of miles with her seven-year-old Cyril and her five-year-old Alina. I decided to
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MARK PASSMORE/APEX)After a long journey, Lena died on July 5 at Deliford Hospital in Plymouth with her third child. , gave birth to Nicole.
Lena, 37, initially hoped that the conflict would end, she said that she would join the factory manager, Sergii, 39, in Ukraine. She said she wanted to stay in
"I didn't want to go anywhere. She stayed in Ukraine until June hoping the war would end," Lena quoted The Sunas reported. she said.
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MARK PASSMORE/APEX)"But I didn't want to give birth in the basement, so I decided to go.
After reaching the German city of Dortmund, Lena and her children were driven to England by husband and wife Matt and Beth Collier of the Parish of Exeter.
The family is now staying at their home in Warhampton with Nick Shutt, the archdeacon of Plymouth, and his wife Corinne.
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LENA KULAKOVSKA/APEX)Lena added, "It's different to have a baby in England. Medications are different. Corinne helped me get to the hospital and a midwife visited me once.
104} "Now there is no house in Ukraine. The Russians were bombing for fun. My husband works, but the job is like a lottery, I don't have much money, so it's very nice.