Two Ukrainian parents are in a High Court battle over whether their child can be taken back to the war-torn country amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.
The mother is now asking a High Court judge to order the child’s return to the country while the father is opposing the bid, citing the danger posed by the conflict.In written submissions for a hearing in London, barrister Anita Guha KC, for the mother, said the child’s home, school, family and “extended social life and world” were in Ukraine.
Ms Guha said there was “never any collective intention or agreement to a permanent move to London” between the parents, with the child returning to Ukraine for several weeks after first leaving in 2022. At the hearing, Ms Guha said the mother felt her home was in Ukraine but the father said in evidence that he did not believe this was the case.
Giving evidence, the father – who at times spoke through a Ukrainian interpreter – said he still wished for his child to stay in the UK as “it will be better” for them, describing life in Ukraine as “very dangerous”. Ms Renton told the court that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office had advised there should not be any travel to their home city due to the danger posed by the conflict.
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