Our first contact with Petro was April 2022 when, as part of the UK’s support for Ukraine, we offered to host Olga, Nazar and Kate safely in our home in England. We could only imagine what it must have felt like to trust complete strangers to look after your precious family. We promised Petro that we would care for his family as our own. In doing so, of course it means we think of Petro as part of our family too. Although our messages and video conversations were brief, there are 2 memorable conversations that we can remember with a smile. We talked about using ‘rude’ or ‘swear’ words in our 2 different countries - I loved Petro’s description of ‘a kind of graduation for rude language’ - hadn’t thought of it that way before! The other conversation was regarding ‘15 things you should never say to a Scottish Person’ (Alan being Scottish). Whilst the written descriptions for such Scottish icons as ‘IRN BRU’ (a drink), the Loch Ness Monster and the difference between ‘Scotch’ (Whisky) and ‘Scots’ (a person) were complete enough for a decent automated translation, ‘Och aye the noo’ - with the comment ‘No. Just don’t. Stop right there.’ needed a phone call to explain. We are deeply saddened that we will never get to meet Petro in person and give our sincere condolences to all of his family and friends. Shirley, Alan, David & Katherine.