Mike fled Ukraine with his wife and young son last year. Now in the UK, he describes the family’s past year

After fleeing the war in Kyiv in March, I travelled with my wife and 10-year-old son to Bratislava, Slovakia. We spent a month there staying with friends. I’m a longtime Kyiv resident but hold a passport from a different country, so I was allowed to leave. At that stage, we were still in the wartime mindset. It’s like a fog in my brain to think of this time.

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