A Ukrainian family, who said a tearful goodbye at a crowded railway station, finally come together again.
Then came the blasts. The rattling of windowpanes. The news of the first deaths. The long queues forming outside food stores and petrol stations.
He went with them as far as Lviv station, a journey of 24 hours from Kharkiv, and into the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War Two. I saw them waiting to board trains. They were crammed into the underground corridors leading to the platforms. They lay in the hallways and dining room of the railway hotel - converted into a temporary camp for the displaced - and they huddled around braziers in the cold at the front of the building.
But Jenia could. He went back to the carriage door. It was closed and the glass was fogging up with condensation. Oksana and Anna placed a hand each against the window. They went to Poland and were given short-term accommodation by the authorities. Then after four months, with the help of Oksana's aunt, they were allowed to come to the UK.
For a few moments after the call a sadness settles on the little group. Oksana does not allow it to linger. A pot of tea is made. Cake and biscuits are passed around. There are smiles again.
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