Ukraine conflict: How a BBC journalist's family escaped the country

After BBC Monitoring's Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko spoke about the hazards the war in Ukraine posed to his family in Zaporizhzhia, two BBC audiences contributors labored collectively to rescue his mother and severely disabled aunt from the country.

Following a 35 hour journey, that spanned 2000 miles (3218km) and crossed 5 international locations, Vitaly become reunited with members of the family as they arrived in reading, and became capable of thank the man who had aided their rescue.