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Ukrainian family who fled to Scotland given filthy flat with old nappy in fridge

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A family who fled the war in Ukraine has been housed in a dirty flat which had an old nappy in the fridge. Valeria Liukovych, 31, brought her child, husband and severely disabled father to be with her mother Tamara.

They arrived on Sunday and were supposed to move into a council flat in Rutherglen, near Glasgow, but it was too filthy. The family have had to squeeze in beside Tamara and her husband Stephen Ross in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.

Stephen said: “After all they have been through, I could not have allowed them to stay their first night in filth.“I was horrified when I opened the fridge and there was an old nappy in it, beside congealed milk and butter.“The freezer is full of dirty water with horrible bits floating in it and the cooker is disgusting.“There are old sweet wrappers and crisps under the couch cushions."I am astounded no one thought to have the place cleaned before a family arrived here from a war.”The two-bedroom apartment was assigned for Valeria, her daughter Mia, five, husband Ruslan and her stroke-victim dad Hennadiy.Stairs up to the building are difficult for disabled Hennadiy to climb.The family fled their home in Zaporizhzhia, south-east Ukraine, before Russian troops captured the city’s nuclear plant – the largest in Europe.They spent two days in a bomb shelter as the Russians shelled the city before making the 900-mile journey to join Ruslan who was already based in Poland.Stephen said: “They managed to get on a train but it was a terrifying journey, not knowing if they would be shot or bombed.

Valeria was traumatised and it was an enormous struggle for her to get her little girl and father to safety.”Stephen said the family need to be moved to be closer to him and Tamara.He added: “They

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