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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Holly Patrick

Ukrainian Question Time audience member sobs at family’s separation on front line

A Ukrainian Question Time audience member broke down in tears as she told the programme how her family had been separated due to Russia’s invasion.

On a special programme episode discussing the war on Thursday, 20 February, a woman responded to a question that asked whether Ukrainian refugees should be allowed to stay in the UK after the conflict ends.

Visibly emotional, she told Fiona Bruce and the panel: "I wish I would see my family all together” and described how her parents live on the frontline in a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine.

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