Alex Kowal plans to walk the distance between Nottingham and Leicester, roughly 28 miles (45km)
A British-Ukrainian man is to set off on a walk between two cities to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion.
Alex Kowal said he planned to walk the 28-mile distance between Nottingham's Ukrainian Centre and Leicester's Ukrainian Centre.The service will take place at Town Hall Square from 17:30 GMT. Mr Kowal said: "I decided that for the first anniversary of the invasion... I wanted to raise money for the Ukrainians who are still there either defending their homeland, in hiding from the shelling by the invaders, or helping other Ukrainians fleeing their homes in different parts of the country."'So inspiring'
Mr Kowal, 40, a second-generation Ukrainian who works as a support analyst at Next's head office, near Leicester, plans to leave Nottingham via Ruddington and chart a course through Charnwood before reaching Leicester. "I expect it will take between nine and 10 hours," he said. "I'm really going to push myself to the limit because I want to be at the vigil and show my support.""I just want to raise as much as I can for the people in Ukraine because I find their determination so inspiring," he said."They do great work in supplying medical supplies and equipment to the front line," he said.
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