Inesa Kostenko says she feels safe in Leicester after securing a job as lecturer in space law
A Ukrainian woman who fled the Russian invasion is rebuilding her academic career in Leicester.
After seeking refuge first in Poland, then Lithuania and Germany, she has now secured a job lecturing at the University of Leicester.The 34-year-old, from Kharkiv, escaped with her son and daughter when the Russians missile attacks began.She said: "We had to shelter in the basement of our own house, because it was too dangerous to live above ground.
"I am in the very best place to work and carry out my research, because Leicester is the UK's home of space research."Now, after a few months of settling in, I find I still have big dreams and ambitions, and I am in the place to fulfil them."
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