'Our support for the country and its people will not waiver'

THIS is a time of goodwill, for being with loved ones and celebrating what matters most in an often troubling world.

- Seema Malhotra

This year, tens of thousands of Ukrainians in the UK, many separated from loved ones back home, will have marked Christmas with their host families, new friends and communities.

This was only made possible thanks to the compassion and enormous generosity of the British people.

For almost three years, the lives of millions of Ukrainians have been torn apart, turned upside down by Putin's unprovoked and premeditated war.

Homes have been destroyed, families split up and lives changed for ever.

Recently, Russian forces systematically targeted energy infrastructure, forcing Ukrainian families to go without lighting and heating in sub-zero temperatures and dark evenings.