The Home Office has been criticised for granting Visas for just 300 Ukrainian refugees under its new scheme, in comparison to the “open-door” policies seen in the likes of Ireland and Germany.

Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, also shared in an open letter posted to Instagram on Tuesday the “impossible” scale of destruction and devastation seen in the country.

“It was impossible to believe what happened a little over a week ago. My country was peaceful, and cities, towns, and villages were full of ordinary life,” she wrote in Ukrainian.

“We will fight for our land, whatever the cost”: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky shares a powerful speech in the House of Commons