Waterford-based Ukrainian helps his young family flee war's 'shootings and explosions'

Other family members had to stay behind to fight and to work in Kyiv's hospitals

Waterford-based Andrii Kovskyi and his wife Natalia Kovalska helped their relatives and their own children escape Ukraine.

A meat-plant worker in Waterford has described how he and his family managed to escape the terror of Russia's invasion of Kyiv over the weekend.

Andrii Kovskyi helped his wife Natalia and their children escape on Friday night, with "no roads" remaining for much of their journey. The family and their relations in Ukraine made the decision for their children to be taken to safety away from the fighting in the war-torn country.