I love Dublin but don't want to stay for 10yrs.. I want to go home

Ukraine refugee so grateful to charity which didn't forget former colleague

- REBECCA BLACK

A YOUNG Ukrainian woman has been rescued from the Russian invasion by an Irish charity she volunteered with three years ago.

Oleksandra Hromova, 23, and her mother Yuliia, 45, from Dnipro, are now living in Dublin thanks to two Salvation Army officers.

The former student first came to Ireland in 2019 during a gap year to volunteer with the charity - one of the largest providers of homelessness services in the capital.

Ms Hromova is again volunteering with the charity, as well as working at its Hub Cafe on King's Inns Street.

Oleksandra, who has been living in the Salvation Army accommodation in Dublin with her mother since March, told how they endured a 30-hour train and bus trek towards the Polish border.