in poland by the charity set up by hibernian football club supporters. their ultimate destination scotland. over the last week, the children have been doing school lessons in the hotel while the charity has been waiting for news about whether they would be allowed into the uk. everybody has everything is in place and the only thing that we need is the uk government to say it is ok to bring the children over. we have accommodation organised, we have support packages organised. i ve spent much of the last week trying to help the scottish charity dnipro kids, established by fans of hibernian football club. on wednesday, the snp leader at westminster asked about the children s situation. the home office said the authorities in ukraine have confirmed the children can come here. i m just delighted. i can honestly say that. i think for most people that come into politics, you come in to try to make a difference.
their ultimate destination scotland. over the last week, the children have been doing school lessons in the hotel while the charity has been waiting for news about whether they would be allowed into the uk. everybody has everything is in place and the only thing that we need is the uk government to say it is ok to bring the children over. we have accommodation organised, we have support packages organised. i ve spent much of the last week trying to help the scottish charity dnipro kids, established by fans of hibernian football club. on wednesday, the snp leader asked about the children s situation. the home office said the authorities in ukraine have confirmed the children can come here. i m just delighted. i can honestly say that. i think for most people that come into politics, you come in to try to make a difference. you have a voice to
worry about getting yourself safe and you come back alive to see your family. you don t need to worry about them. and that is my first priority. i was a founder and two time president of the lions club and we worked with a charity in the uk in edinburgh called the dnipro kids, we have 70 orphans stuck in dniprojust now and kids, we have 70 orphans stuck in dnipro just now and we are trying to get them across the border. two days ago, with steve carr, who is operating it, and i drove him to the border, we had a look to see what was happening, so, as soon as his children get over, we have got accommodation, buses and things to look after them, food. he would love to get them to the uk. we have been reporting on the struggle of many to try to get visas etc. i know that there are problems. i am not going
do about it, it is overwhelming, i have no power, to say, there is something i can do and i am doing it right now. let s not think we have no power. tolu adayoye with that report. a group of orphans evacuated from ukraine with the help of a charity set up by fans of hibernian football club have been given permission to go to scotland. dnipro kids was set up by hibs fans in 2005 after the team played a match there. the charity has already arranged for the children to be evacuated from ukraine to poland and says it hopes they will arrive in edinburgh on monday. catriona renton reports. this was the moment these ukrainian orphans crossed the border. they had made the 700 mile journey to poland from the city of dnipro. they were joined by children from other orphanages. given permission to go to scotland. mothers were taken to a hotel
there s no chance of defending against these hypersonic weapons. a group of orphans evacuated from ukraine, with the help of a charity set up by fans of the scottish football club, hibernian, have been given permission to travel to scotland. dnipro kids was set up by hibs fans in 2005 after the team played a match there. the charity has already arranged for the children to be evacuated from ukraine to poland and says it hopes they ll arrive in edinburgh on monday. the bbc s catriona renton reports. this was the moment these ukrainian orphans crossed the border. they had made the 700 mile journey to poland from the city of dnipro. they were joined by children from other orphanages. in total, 50 children as young as two years old and their orphanage mothers were taken to a hotel in poland by the charity set up by hibernian