Ukraine war: How a BBC journalist's family escaped the country

After BBC Monitoring's Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko spoke about the dangers the war in Ukraine posed to his family in Zaporizhzhia, two people who heard his story on the BBC Ukrainecast podcast worked together to rescue his mother and severely disabled aunt from the country.

Following a 35-hour journey, that spanned 2,000 miles (3,218km) and crossed five countries, Vitaly was reunited with family members as they arrived in Reading, and was able to thank the man who aided their rescue.

Listen to the full story on Ukrainecast on BBC Sounds