Country Life

Leave them on the shelf

THE Ukrainian flags flutter in our village from homes that, two months ago, would have been hard put to point to Kyiv on a map, let alone name the country’s president. At the weekend, volunteers led by a nearby Rotary Club raised £10,000 from a street collection; one shop has been gathering blankets and medical supplies that go regularly to

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