'It is great here in Scotland but our soul is at home in Ukraine'

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'It is great here in Scotland but our soul is at home in Ukraine'

Scotland has given a home to more than 20,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the conflict in their homeland. What are their experiences of life in a new country?

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Maryna Naumenko, 32, moved to Glasgow with her mother, Liudmyla, and her 17-month-old daughter.

She used to work in the Ukrainian parliament and met her host Aileen when she organised an education centre for the parliament.

"We are lucky because they are really great, they really support us a lot and give us freedom," she said.

She has been volunteering as a translator and has worked for both the Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain and Police Scotland.

She plans to stay with her host family for another six months.

"We hope that we will win this war and we will be able to come home.

"We want to go home because part of my family - my husband, my father - they are in Ukraine, in Kiev.

"It is great here but we feel like our soul, part of our family, is at home."

Olena Bolotova, 35, and her 13-year-old son, Yaroslav, have been living in a Glasgow hotel after they fled their home in Kharkiv.

She said she was "very glad" to stay in "a beautiful city with an ancient history" - but that longer-term housing was a concern.

Alongside other Ukrainian refugees, she has been waiting for the council to find them permanent accommodation.