{"id":2956,"date":"2022-03-17T18:59:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/world-news\/uk\/2956\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T18:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T18:59:06","slug":"ukraine-refugees-standing-ovation-as-woman-speaks-of-war-agony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/world-news\/uk\/2956\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine refugees: Standing ovation as woman speaks of war ‘agony’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Ukrainian refugee has told councilors that a part of her life “dies in agony” every day as she watches the horrors unfold in her home country.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Anastaysia Manina fled Ukraine with her five-year-old daughter after the Russian invasion to seek safety with her mother who lives in Hull.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Thursday he received a standing ovation as he delivered an emotional speech at a Hull City Council meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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She told councillors: “My heart breaks every day.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms. Manina and her daughter left Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, on February 24 after waking up to the sounds of shelling as Russia launched an offensive against their country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He arrived in the UK on March 2, where he was reunited with his Ukrainian-born mother, who has lived in Hull for the past three years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking at the meeting, the 38-year-old said she had recently moved into her new apartment in Kharkiv before being forced to leave her “whole life” behind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cEvery minute a part of me dies in agony seeing and hearing the devastation my homeland is going through,\u201d he told council members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Now I ask you a favor, please look at me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I pretend to be a young, beautiful and intelligent country in the center of Europe. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“Ukrainians are extremely brave. They are well educated, they fight furiously for their independence and they will keep fighting as long as it takes.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He said his country, its armed forces and its people were “furiously protecting our European countries and their peaceful life.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Afterwards, Ms. Manina burst into tears and received a standing ovation from councilors who praised her courage for speaking out. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The meeting was told that the city had already come together to help those affected by the war, including several truckloads of aid being sent to Poland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Endorsing a motion urging the council to support Ukrainian residents, Councilor Mike Ross said: “There have been numerous speakers in the chamber over the years. I can’t think of one that has had the power of that today.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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