Tuesday 28 June 2022 11:12 AM Refugee family of nine who escaped war-torn Ukraine for Britain are EVICTED by ... trends now
A Ukrainian family-of-nine who escaped their war-torn home to Britain are now facing eviction.
Maxim, 36, and wife Olga Hyryk fled from Kyiv with their children and elderly parents just last month.
They were given sanctuary in a two bedroom bungalow in Fareham, Hants, which was next door to their hosts.
Maxim and Olga moved in with their mothers Olena, 60, Hanna, 69, twins Maksym and David, 7, Amiran and Tamerlane, 2, and daughter Nikol, 1 on May 11.
But three weeks ago the family were told by Hampshire County Council that Maxim and his family had to move.
Then on June 15 they got a legal letter from their landlord's solicitor telling them they would have to get out by July 15.
Their internet access was shut off immediately and now the family have been forced to turn to fundraising to find somewhere else to live.
Maxim told The Sun: 'We came here with nothing, just the clothes we were wearing and as much stuff as we could cram into a rucksack.
Maxim and Olga moved in with their mothers Olena, 60, Hanna, 69, twins Maksym and David, 7, Amiran and Tamerlane, 2, and daughter Nikol, 1 on May 11
Maxim, 36, and wife Olga Hyryk fled from Kyiv with children and elderly parents last month
Hanna, 69, was among the family and now also has to find a new home after the eviction notice
'We love this country and want to make it our home.
'We fled as the Russian's started bombing Kyiv, we got in the car and drove with everything we could fit inside it.
'The children didn't know what was happening but it was very scary, it took us nine days to get to Poland as we had to stop driving during the curfew.'
'Everyone has been so incredibly friendly right from the start, we've been made to feel so welcome here.
'England is full of good people and
