Some tinned meats and bread: that’s all Mariana Berdan (35) and her family had with them when they fled Ukraine. After driving for three days, with six in a small car, they arrived in Oostkamp. Without their grandmother (85). “There was not enough space in the car, we had to choose between her and my disabled sister,” she sobbed. Mariana’s husband also stayed behind to serve his country. “Glory to Ukraine and all our heroes,” her son wrote on his bedroom door.
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HLN | Fleeing Marina (35): ‘Had to choose between my disabled sister and my grandmother’
