A Ukrainian woman who feels she can never go home has found a sense of belonging in Orkney, after surviving the abject horrors of war. Snizhana Lys was 15 years old when Russia invaded her homeland, tearing families apart as innocent civilians were bombed out of their homes and subjected to torture and sexual abuse. Now living in Stromness on an extended visitor visa, the 20-year-old has recalled how her family hid from soldiers after a bomb b…
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