A Ukrainian refugee travelled almost 2,000 miles by plane, bus and train for den…

A Ukrainian refugee travelled almost 2,000 miles by plane, bus and train for dental treatment in her home city – because she could not access British NHS dental care or pay for private treatment.

Natalia Nehreba, 36, said she was ‘shocked’ at being told urgent root canal treatment would cost £800 in Wiltshire, where she has been living since the Russian invasion of her homeland.

Instead, she flew from Bristol to Poznan in Poland on a £30 return budget airline ticket, before taking a bus from Poznan to the Ukrainian city of Lviv, 50 miles inland from the border.

The journey, which cost £30 each way, was followed by a bargain £7, 13-hour rail journey across Ukraine to Dnipro. The city is just 62 miles from the front line and was on the receiving end of a Russian bombardment in December.

Mrs Nehreba said she had been compelled to undertake the arduous journey with daughter Agnia, three, because she had been in ‘excruciating’ pain but ‘couldn’t find’ an NHS dentist.

📸 Kateryna Lagun, Mrs Nehreba’s dentist in Dnipro, said she had treated several Ukrainians who had travelled from the UK. Lagun is pictured above, working alongside her father.