Yana (15) one of the first Ukrainian refugees to enrol in an Irish school 

Yana (15) one of the first Ukrainian refugees to enrol in an Irish school 

Marcin Nowakowski, whose wife Ania brought the Kozar family from Shannon Airport to their new home in Ballina, Co Mayo, Khrystyna Kozar, Nadiia Kozar, Yana Kozar, Ania Nowakowska, and Michael Lowe, who — with wife Maggie — have taken in the Kozars.  Picture: Maggie Lowe

Yana Kozar is one of the million-plus refugees who have fled Ukraine. She started school in Co Mayo last Monday. 

Just last week, she had 30 minutes to leave her home as the Russian Army started bombing the airport next door to her home outside Lviv.

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