Yulia, Kostiantyn and their daughter, Valerie, donâ??t look like a typical refugee family. All well dressed â?? even the Chihuahua, Micky, wearing a chic dog jacket â?? they might not seem out of place mingling with Kievâ??s oligarchs.
But the truth is that the family, Ukrainians of Jewish heritage on one side, has lost almost everything since clashes between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian nationalists caused it to flee to Kiev five months ago from the eastern city of Luhansk.
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