Ukraine war: London cab driver leads convoy to help refugees

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'I can't comprehend what they've been through, all I can do is try and smile and do what I can for them'

Mr Westfall, who has been a taxi driver for 11 years, decided to launch apage for the cause when he saw an online video of a Ukrainian father saying goodbye to his family as he left them to enlist in the military.

The group drove 13 hours to Warsaw in Poland where they delivered aid such as sanitary products, baby food, nappies, and toilet roll, and picked up two families per vehicle to drive back across the continent. "And one [driver] is in Dunkirk now, they're waiting on visas ... they've got sponsors, family in Notting Hill, so [he is] waiting until they've got a visa and he will drive them to Notting Hill either today or tomorrow."He described the emotional conversation he had with a Ukrainian mother he took to Munich.

 

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