Is Britain’s Homes for Ukraine scheme working?

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🗓️ 15 July 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a massive humanitarian crisis and led to millions of people fleeing their country. Some have made their way to the UK as part of the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme. But is it working as intended?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:07.6	Today, how one Ukrainian family have escaped the war
0:11.5	and resettled with their host family in Britain.
0:23.5	My name is Olga Krasowska.
0:25.3	I live in Ukraine.
0:28.3	I live in a small village in Semipolka.
0:37.4	Before the war began, life was going pretty well for Olga Krasowska and her family.
0:43.2	I live with my husband, with my three sons, Sviatoslav, Lyubomur and Lorky.
0:54.7	They lived together in a village in the countryside.
0:57.6	Roughly between Kiev and the Belarusian border,
1:00.9	Olga had found her dream job.
1:04.0	I have a little farm.
1:06.9	I have goats.
1:09.0	Goats.
1:10.2	Goats.
1:11.2	Yeah.
1:12.2	And I make cheese.
1:14.6	But on the 24th of February, everything changed.
1:17.6	We wake up in night, bomb in the first day of the war.
1:30.2	In neighboring village,
1:35.7	calm, Russian tanks, many killed people.
1:40.8	And so very, very calm.
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