Ayr shop owner's relief as sister and niece, 5, in Ukraine escape underground bunker to safety near Poland

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An Ayr shop owner has told of her relief after her sister and five-year-old niece escaped to safety from an underground bunker in Ukraine.

Olga Stewart (Milchenko), who runs Olga's Alterations in Newmarket Street, says their getaway is a miracle after they risked it all to reach the security of Lviv which is near the border with Poland.An application for a visa is now going through in the hope Olga can bring them to Ayrshire.However, her brother-in-law and nephew will stay in Ukraine as they await to be enlisted to the military to join the frontline effort against Russia.Ayrshire Live exclusively told last week how the popular Ayr dressmaker was crying every day as her family hid from the terror unfolding near the capital Kyiv.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.Olga's sister Lyudmila, 46; brother-in-law, Krill, 42, and their daughter Margo, 5, were sheltering from waves of Russian attacks.Their son Vlad, 28, was living in an underground car park in Kyiv.Vote for your Ayrshire Live Pub of the Year in the form belowBut by Friday, the trio stuck in the tiny oxygen-starved bunker hastily got into a car and drove the treacherous 400-mile journey to safer territory.A relieved Olga was finally told the news she had been longing for on Sunday as her sister and her family managed to get to Lviv.Olga told Ayrshire Live: “It is a miracle they got there.“They had to drive