Ukrainian woman in Suffolk urges people around the world not to ignore Russia's invasion
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine remains ongoing, exactly three years after it started
A woman from Ukraine living in Suffolk says the war between Russia is a global issue that cannot be ignored
It's exactly three years since the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's country.
EU and world leaders will gather in Kyiv later for a meeting hosted by Ukraine's President which will aim to cover security guarantees for the country.
It comes just after Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed he'd give up his presidency in exchange for peace and Nato membership.
Sir Keir Starmer will be among those who join the discussions by call remotely.
Rita's story
Rita Fadieieva now lives in Holbrook but is original from Ukraine's capital Kyiv.
She told us about the day of the invasion: " I woke up around 5:00 AM, hearing the explosions nearby and I understood that something serious started and we need to do some preparations.
"I prepared some, water, food, documents, everything that I might need in case I needed to flee rapidly."
But due to the chaos of the city at the time, with roads being backed up, and the unpredictability of it all, she chose to stay to protect her child, who was only three-years-old at the time.
"You just take one step and you hope for the best"
Three weeks passed and she felt it was now necessary to evacuate:
"I just started to feel that I don't feel safe...I feel that I need to go. It's a very intuitive feeling because you never know.
"...There are so many things to worry about, but when you need to act, especially when you need to do something very new to you, you don't have the mental capacity to worry about lots of things.
"You just take one step and you hope for the best and you hope that there is going to be a space for your next step when the time comes."
She left with her mother and child and went to Romania's border, where they met volunteers.
She said: "We were supported immensely by volunteers. We were hosted by two Romanian families - they helped us.
"Then we applied for this visa under Homes for Ukraine and arrived in the UK. When we arrived our UK hosts greeted us and they were also so welcoming and supportive."
"I was checking the news dozens of times a day"
Rita told us that when she arrived in Suffolk she felt a huge sense of relief: "I was able to sleep peacefully at night, more or less.
"But also, of course, I still was checking the news and updates dozens and dozens of times a day.
"And I felt for everything that was happening. I was also quite exhausted emotionally from everything as well."
Since then Rita has moved into a rented property of her own and began working as a Ukraine programme coordinator at the Suffolk Refugee support charity.
"I can feel that I am still close to the Ukrainian community and I'm doing something important. So in yeah, in this case, lots of things worked out really well."
We asked Rita how she feels about US President Donald Trump and his talks with President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, without Ukraine and Europe present.
"From what he's (Trump) saying, we can see that his position is building an alliance with the Russian Federation, which is not which is not neutral.
"Many of the people in Ukraine feel that we are on the same brink of catastrophe as three years ago - no one gave us any chance.
"And we feel some pressures that we maybe should capitulate - though I don't think Ukrainians as a nation and as a country are ready to capitulate."
She emphasised that this war is not an isolated problem and the rest of the world should be weary with how it moves forward.
"It's a world-order question because we're not only fighting with the Russian Federation.
"The Russian Federation is together with Iranian drones with North Korean missiles. So lots of actors are involved in each and currently Trump is not an ally to any democratic country, to Ukraine or the United Kingdom or any other European country."