'I wish I could give them that calm and the knowledge that we're all together as part of our family here in the UK. Instead they're stuck in this state of limbo.'
Kateryna and her nephew Nikita - she has lived in the UK for almost 10 years and has accommodation waiting for her family
Her parents Oleksandr and Vira Karpenko fled their home in Irpin with their grandson Nikita Shepel after the Russian regime bombed Oleksandr's workplace. The town on the outskirts of Kyiv was the centre of a key battle for the capital and heavily shelled by Russian forces before they were repelled. "That was a sense of panic," Kateryna says. "So I wish I could give them that calm and the knowledge that we're all together as part of our family here in the UK. Instead they're stuck in this state of limbo."Kateryna, pictured here with her parents, graduated from Cambridge University four years ago
It then launched the Homes for Ukraine scheme, under which people in the UK can nominate an individual or family to stay with them rent-free for at least six months. Home Secretary Priti Patel has insisted "security and biometric checks" were vital to keep British citizens safe.Kateryna's family applied for the family scheme on 9 March and submitted their applications and biometric passports at the UK visa centre on 11 March.
Kateryna feels frustrated that after their traumatic experience, she cannot tell them they are now safely in their second home.
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