Charity bus brings 17 refugees to UK

A CHARITY worker has driven 3,000 miles to bring 17 Ukraine refugees to the UK – and plans to collect more.

Jeremy Russon set out in his minibus on July 31 on behalf of Homes for Ukraine, based in Trowbridge, Wilts.

Mr Russon, 53, said it was “heart-wrenching” having to watch families part, including witnessing a man saying goodbye to his daughters.

He said: “The bombs had started falling in their next village. He basically said, ‘You’ve got to go’.

“He drove them across the border to meet us, pretty much took their suitcases out of the car and turned around and drove back to defend his village.”

Mr Russon, pictured, travelled through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany before getting to the Poland-ukraine border where they met and collected several families who had gained visas for the UK.

The charity has so far helped and transported 167 Ukraine refugees find a safe place to live in the UK.