A community of entrepreneurs and business owners form the Ukrainian Business Women in Scotland Club, a group designed to support and bring together refugees seeking to rebuild their lives. Mum Liubov Matvieievskaia was among the 27,000 who came to Scotland after Russia illegally invaded the country in February 2022. Liubov, who lives in Edinburgh, said she still finds the memory of those final days before she left hard to fathom.
She told STV News: “Before the war, life was beautiful in Ukraine. “I woke up at 5am when the war started because of the explosions that were really nearby us – it was unbelievably scary. “At first I didn’t know what was happening but then I realised.
You never want to live through those moments again.” Starting a brand new life in Scotland was an overwhelming prospect. But Liubov set out to start her own business in Scotland – she now makes gut-friendly yoghurt from her home in Edinburgh.
“I really believe in eating natural products, trying to stay healthy and energetic. “People are really enjoying my products – it’s quite popular. “Despite horrible things that are happening in Ukraine, all the world, I decided nevertheless to build my future and live my life to the fullest.
” Liubov is just one of the many Ukrainians who moved to Scotland who are part of the Ukrainian Business Women in Scotland Club, a community of entrepreneurs and business owners who have now made new lives here. When Iryna Hudei lived in Ukraine, she wor.
