Before Russia invaded Ukraine Oleksandra and Oleh Fylypiv's lives seemed to be falling into place.
They had just finished renovating their home on Kyiv's outskirts, where they planned to raise their three-month-old boy.
That dream fell apart on February 24, 2022, when Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of their country.
"It was hard for us to make that decision [to flee]," Oleh says, recalling the journey that lay ahead of them.
But the alternative was raising a newborn in the midst of a conflict and in the end it was "a no-brainer".
Three years later – and after moving 11 times as they traversed Europe – they now rent a flat in the English town of Warrington.
"It's not the life we chose for our son, but it's what we have," Oleksandra says.
US President Donald Trump says a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is "very close", but the claim comes as Russia carries out some of the deadliest strikes on Kyiv since the war began.
Many Ukrainians are anxiously watching from abroad and waiting to see what price their country may have to pay for peace.
The ABC has spoken to Ukrainians living in the UK who say their country should keep fighting, even if the US turns its back.
None of them believe Mr Putin can be trusted.
'A ceasefire is just words'
Olha Pavliuk left the Ukrainian town of Zaporizhzhia one week after the invasion began.
The former TV journalist and media consultant now works at a cafe in Teesside, in the north of England.
To her it is obvious why the US wants to bring a swift end to the Ukraine war.
"I'm pretty sure Donald Trump respects Putin, he likes Putin and he actually acts like Putin, in my opinion," Olha says.
She is sceptical any peace agreement with Russia will hold and says Ukrainians have seen it all before.
"The war didn't start in 2022 — the war started in 2014," she says, referring to when Russian forces annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea and then began backing separatist forces in the country's west," Ohla says.
"In 2015, they got a ceasefire and, after seven years, they started a full invasion of our country.
"So I definitely don't believe Russia — I don't believe that they will keep this ceasefire forever."
Olha says she would love to return to Ukraine one day, but only if there are guarantees.
"A ceasefire is just words for Russia," she says.
"They will prepare even better and they will attack our country again and again.
"[Europe] will feel the same with us only when Russia will attack their countries.
"We are protecting Europe for now."
'Impossible to trust' Putin
For Yaroslavna Mishchenko, Russia's invasion of her country is deeply personal.
"I lost my friends in this war — these friends were part of the family for me," she says between serving customers at a cafe in central London.
"There is no family in Ukraine that is not affected by this."
But like Olha, Yaroslavna says it's "impossible to trust" the Russian president.
She also says something that would have been almost unthinkable just 12 months ago — that Ukraine should go it alone if the US withdraws its backing.
"Is the support from the United States important? Yes. Can we sort everything out without this support? Theoretically, I do believe that, yes," Yaroslavna says.
"Even for the past three years we have grown up … producing our own drones, military areas … experience."
Yaroslavna says she dreams of returning to Ukraine either to help on the frontline or if lasting peace is achieved.
But most importantly, she wants the world to know that Ukraine is not just a satellite of Russia as Mr Putin likes to claim.
"We have our heroes, our art, our culture and our own history," Yaroslavna says.
'Ukraine still fights' with or without the US
Back in Warrington the Fylypivs are under no illusions about who started the war or what Ukrainians want to see for it to end.
"It's about making the peace last and having Russia pay for the lives they took away from us," says Oleh, who now works for an IT firm, as his partner does.
In the days after they fled Ukraine, stories of tragedies emerged.
The Bucha massacre, in which nearly 500 civilians and prisoners of war were killed by Russian forces, happened kilometres from their former home in the countryside.
As the months turned into years, the family decided to give up waiting in mainland Europe for the chance to return to Ukraine and settled in the UK.
Russia's government also formally laid claim to four oblasts in Ukraine's east, which were annexed via a referendum process widely derided by the West as a sham.
"We don't want to end this war just by saying, 'We no longer want these territories, you keep them, just stop bombing us' — it's not like that," Oleh says.
"Ukraine still fights, with the help of the United States or without."
Despite finding support in a local Ukrainian association, the family also faces an uncertain future in the UK due to rolling visa renewals.
But hope of them returning to their house near Kyiv is fading, and Oleksandra points to previous ceasefire deals between Ukraine and Russia as reason to believe the next one will be "bullshit".
"Do we want to go back home to live our previous life? Yes," she says.
"We didn't want to be refugees."
