'It's all destroyed: Irishman and family arrive in Poland after week-long trek from Kyiv

Brendan Murphy with his wife Marina. Marina has a daughter, Christina, a three-year-old grandaughter, Olivia, and an 80-year-old mother, Galena, who are all Ukranian citizens.

After an arduous week-long journey from Kyiv to the Ukrainian border, Irishman Brendan Murphy said he and his family are relieved to have finally set foot on Polish soil.

Mr Murphy, his wife Marina, her daughter Christina, three-year-old granddaughter Olivia, and 80-year-old mother Galena, like many a million others, were fleeing Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion.