‘War is still raging. But life should go on too’: the diary of a Kyiv father

Mike fled Ukraine with his wife and young son last year. Now in the UK, he describes the family's past year

• My son is brave, but he's scared': Kyiv father's diary of first week of invasion

After fleeing the war in Kyiv in March, I travelled with my wife and 10-year-old son to Bratislava, Slovakia. We spent a month there staying with friends. I'm a longtime Kyiv resident but hold a passport from a different country, so I was allowed to leave. At that stage, we were still in the wartime mindset. It's like a fog in my brain to think of this time.