Fleeing War, A Ukrainian Mother Reunites With Her Daughter In Japan

CHIBA, JAPAN - APRIL 22: Ukrainian refugee, Maria (surname not given), is helped downstairs after attending a practice session for the band her daughter Kateryna (L) performs with on April 22, 2022 in Chiba, Japan. 68-year-old Maria, whose husband passed away from radiation poisoning after being exposed while working at Chernobyl nuclear power station during the 1986 disaster, fled her home in Kyiv shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. After sheltering at a refugee facility in Poland, she arrived in Japan earlier this month under the evacuee assistance scheme with her Japanese son-in-law who travelled to Poland to help her, and joins her daughter Kateryna, a professional musician who has lived in the country for 16 years. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)