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The Manchester women who are determined not to let people forget about Ukraine

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It’s been 65 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, with a brutal war raging across much of the country. And, while the latest update from Mariupol might not be the top story on every nightly news bulletin, there’s a group of Manchester women who are working hard to keep up the fight.

They’re ferrying donations to the conflict, organising Saturday schools for children to keep their language alive, and running a museum celebrating their heritage.

It all takes place at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Cheetham Hill. Today, it’s packed out with donations — just as volunteers have organised another lorry load of supplies to go to orphanages in Odessa, which now have twice the amount of children as they did before Putin’s invasion. READ MORE: TK Maxx worker explains why shoppers should always look for number '2' written on price tags There are also Ukrainian school lessons for children aged three to 16 at the Smedley Lane site, and a folk museum, with its large hall is being used for a wedding — vital income to keep the lights on for a club that’s run by volunteers.

The centre is now also the home of a refugee shop, where displaced people can collect items free of charge. Today (April 30), Andy Burnham is visiting to see the work being undertaken. “That’s why I’m here today, to get that message over that life is horrendous for the people in Ukraine and their reality is ongoing,” the mayor told the Manchester Evening News . “And it's always the way there's a lot of tension at the start, and then it will drift a little. “That's just human nature.

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