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Rozalia Russian has spoken about her own experience fleeing the Cold War, after Russia commenced its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
In a post on Instagram Stories on Friday, the 33-year-old Melbourne socialite detailed her family's plight as war refugees.
'It was the middle of winter in 1991 and my family escaped with one suitcase and the clothes on our back and fled the Cold War,' the Uzbekistan-born influencer said.
Devastating: Rozalia Russian has spoken about her own experience fleeing the Cold War, after Russia commenced its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine
'Luckily for us we had a happy ending. Thirty-one years later my heart goes out to those currently in the same situation,' she added.
It's not the first time Rozalia has spoken about what her family endured during the Cold War.
'My mum, Jelena, tells the stories of being pregnant with me and queueing all day for meagre rations with my brother Stanislav, who was 12,' she said in May 2018.
Reflecting on the past: In a post on Instagram Stories on Friday, the 33-year-old socialite detailed her family's plight as war refugees
She said the final straw came
