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Fifty children will arrive in the UK later having left Ukraine due to the war in the country.

The children, aged between two and 17, are all from an orphanage in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

They will fly to London with their carers this evening, before travelling onto Scotland later in the week.

The children are being helped by the charity Dnipro Kids, which was set by fans of the Scottish Premiership football club Hibernian F.C.

The UK Government announced last week that the children would be allowed to enter the UK.

The head of the Dnipro Kids charity, Steven Carr, said that he was looking forward to the children arriving in Scotland.

"We've known these children and their carers for many years, and when they said they wanted to get out we were determined to help."

The whole group will be staying together in a hostel when they first arrive, before being moved as family groups.

Steven added that the children hope to return to their home country when the war is over.

"They are coming here and we are going to look after them, but it is only until such a time as they can go back to Ukraine."