Fearful escape to S'pore for mum when dad died of heart attack in Ukraine - a day after invasion

Valentyna, a 67-year-old Ukrainian who fled her home alone and crossed the border into Poland, photographed with her grandson in Singapore, on May 3, 2022. ST PHOTO: FELINE LIM
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SINGAPORE - She lost her father to a heart attack the day after the Russian invasion on Feb 24, but Ms Tetyana, 38, could not return home to attend the funeral. Travelling to Dnipro, where her parents lived, was not an option as the central Ukrainian city was under siege.

The Ukrainian, who declined to give her full name, is married to a Singaporean and works as a market director in the retail and consumer goods industry here.

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