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After realising her quality of life in Kyiv would be poor, she paid £2,000 in order to renovate the Swansea house.
Volunteers and neighbours helped to put down new flooring, plaster walls and paint. She said she was incredibly grateful.
“If there wasn’t this help from people I think we would be living in Kyiv, despite it being unsafe. We are so grateful for all the help we have been given,” she said.
“July for me was the most horrible month in my life, it was so hard to organise the house with a little baby alone, it was very very hard.”
Swansea council said since the start of the conflict in Ukraine, the city had housed around 120 Ukrainian households in private, social and council accommodation.
But despite securing a home in Swansea, Taisiia says her future still remains unclear.
The UK government has issued visas lasting three years to Ukrainians seeking sanctuary in the UK.
The first visas granted were due to expire in March 2025 before an 18-month extension was announced in February.
Immigration and asylum law lecturer Jennifer Morgan from Cardiff University said Ukrainians in Wales still faced a “worrying time” as uncertainty remains.
She says for those who are struggling to access housing and education, the extension simply “pushes issues further down the road”.
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