Alex and Ivanna Malik drove here through five countries and are running an IT firm in Berkshire
Alex and Ivanna Malik’s car journey from their home in the devastated eastern Ukraine frontline to a sleepy Berkshire village took them through five countries. With their two children and the possessions they could fit loaded into the car, they traced a route through Moldova and over the snowy mountain passes of Romania, following a route picked out on Google Maps on their phones.
They first stopped in Germany. “We thought the war wouldn’t be too long, maybe a month or two,” says Ivanna. “But I don’t speak German, Alex doesn’t speak German,” so they decided to move on and, with the help of a British volunteer they found on Facebook, were offered a refuge by an “incredible” couple who had a little space to spare.
