How is the government helping Ukrainians in Britain?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Daily News, Politics

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🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Today marks one year since Putin sent the Russian army into Kyiv. Since then, what has been the experience of the Ukrainians who fled their homes and came over to the UK? Svitlana Morenets, a staff writer at The Spectator speaks to Kate Andrews about the year reporting on her war-torn country from Britain. Also joining the podcast is Matt Downie, chief executive of Crisis UK whose work involves helping those 4000 Ukrainians who arrived on the Homes for Ukraine scheme and are now at risk of homelessness.

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0:19.0	Hello and welcome to a special Saturday edition of Coffee House Shots.
0:22.0	I'm Kate Andrews, and I enjoy Vice-Vitlana Morenets,
0:25.0	a staff writer at the Spectator and author of our weekly Ukraine newsletter.
0:29.0	A Matt Downey, Chief Executive of Crisis,
0:32.0	a national charity for people experiencing homelessness.
0:36.0	So yesterday was the one-year anniversary of Vladimir Putin's latest invasion of Ukraine.
0:43.0	Svitlana, you sent out a tweet yesterday morning saying that you remember where you were
0:48.0	when you learned that the invasion was taking place,
0:51.0	asking other people on Twitter where were they,
0:53.0	and what was their experience of learning about it,
0:55.0	and there were some really interesting comments below your tweet
0:59.0	about where they were.
1:00.0	But I'm hoping you can share with our listeners where you were.
1:03.0	I think people want the answer to that question,
1:05.0	and those details and what that experience was like.
1:08.0	That morning, I woke up very early about 6 a.m.
1:13.0	because I was abroad at the time, having holidays,
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