A mother and daughter from Ukraine thought they had secured a place to live in Canada to escape the war in their home country. But they ended up being scammed out of $2,000 and stranded at the airport in Toronto.
Alena Neklyudova and her nine-year-old daughter, Sasha Volkova left their family behind, including Neklyudova’s husband and a 19-year-old son, who have been conscripted to fight for Ukraine during the Russian invasion.
While still in Ukraine, they shuttled from place to place to avoid the war, taking shelter from bombs in a friend’s apartment building or in random basements.
“I still have nightmares from it,” Volkova told CBC Kitchener-Waterloo.
