Grieving Ukrainian mom finds refuge in UK, but little solace


              Viktoria Kovalenko and her daughter Varvara enjoy the swing in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Kovalenko chose to come to England not only because it offered her refuge from the war in Ukraine. It was also a chance for her to escape from her harrowing memories of losing her family in a shell attack. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Viktoria Kovalenko shows pictures of herself with her husband and 12 year old daughter at her home in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Kovalenko chose to come to England not only because it offered her refuge from the war in Ukraine. It was also a chance for her to escape from her harrowing memories of losing her family in a shell attack. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Viktoria Kovalenko and her daughter Varvara go for a walk in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Viktoria, 34, and her daughter Varvara are trying to settle in Britain after fleeing the war in Ukraine, where she lost her husband and 12-year-old daughter during a Russian military attack. The family have found housing through a charity, but they long to return to their own home in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Viktoria Kovalenko and her daughter Varvara at their home in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Viktoria, 34, and her daughter Varvara are trying to settle in Britain after fleeing the war in Ukraine, where she lost her husband and 12-year-old daughter during a Russian military attack. The family have found housing through a charity, but they long to return to their own home in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Derek from a local charity organisation speaks to The Associated Press during an interview in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Derek's charity helped Viktoria Kovalenko and her daughter out of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Viktoria Kovalenko reacts as she speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at her home in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Kovalenko chose to come to England not only because it offered her refuge from the war in Ukraine. It was also a chance for her to escape from her harrowing memories of losing her family in a shell attack. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              The hands of Viktoria Kovalenko show the wedding ring as she speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at her home in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Kovalenko chose to come to England not only because it offered her refuge from the war in Ukraine. It was also a chance for her to escape from her harrowing memories of losing her family in a shell attack. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Viktoria Kovalenko shows pictures of herself with her husband and 12 year old daughter at her home in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Viktoria, 34, and her daughter Varvara are trying to settle in Britain after fleeing the war in Ukraine, where she lost her husband and 12-year-old daughter during a Russian military attack. The family have found housing through a charity, but they long to return to their own home in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Viktoria Kovalenko and her daughter Varvara at their home in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Viktoria, 34, and her daughter Varvara are trying to settle in Britain after fleeing the war in Ukraine, where she lost her husband and 12-year-old daughter during a Russian military attack. The family have found housing through a charity, but they long to return to their own home in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Viktoria Kovalenko, 34, and her daughter Varvara go for a walk in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Kovalenko chose to come to England not only because it offered her refuge from the war in Ukraine. It was also a chance for her to escape from her harrowing memories of losing her family in a shell attack. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
            
              Viktoria Kovalenko speaks to The Associated Press during an interview at her home in a village in Kent, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Viktoria, 34, and her daughter Varvara are trying to settle in Britain after fleeing the war in Ukraine, where she lost her husband and 12-year-old daughter during a Russian military attack. The family have found housing through a charity, but they long to return to their own home in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Grieving Ukrainian mom finds refuge in UK, but little solace