Brit Man Who Left Wife, Kids For Ukrainian Refugee Dumps Her

By Abdul Rafay in Relationships On 27th September 2022
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After a "furious row," a dad who abandoned his wife and children to care for a Ukrainian refugee they had taken in has broken up with his new lover.

Tony Garnett, 30, claims he has only been seeing Sofiia Karkadym, 22, for four months because he made "a mistake."

He claims to have packed the belongings of the Ukrainian refugee into trash bags after leaving his partner of ten years and their two children.

As exclusively reported by MailOnline, Tony said: "I am 100 percent through with her. We are finished as a couple."

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Sofiia was taken in by Tony and his former partner Lorna Garnett, 28 after she was displaced by the Russia-Ukraine war, but a few days after she arrived to stay with them, she fell in love with the construction worker.

When the couple left Tony and Lorna's family home to begin a new life together in Bradford, West Yorkshire, they made headlines back in May.

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But their brief romance has come to an end due to an alleged argument on Saturday.

"I have made a mistake going into a relationship with Sofiia," Tony added.

"I left Lorna and my two children for her, and I made every extra effort I could to help her keep us together.”

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"I worked so hard to make this relationship work. I knew that we would look like t***s if we broke up because we have a media profile and all the attention that has been put on us on television and the internet.”

"I also genuinely felt sorry for her. She left her home and her country which was at war and knew nobody here.”

"Yes, I felt and I thought I was in love with her. But there is a side to her which I just cannot put up with any longer," he added.

He emphasized that his split from Lorna was not a result of his romance with Sofiia.

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"As I have said before, my relationship with Lorna was already over and I was really unhappy," he said.

Since their relationship has soured, Tony has now placed Sofiia's possessions in trash bags and is waiting for her to collect them. She will now need to find a new place to live.

"I hope she finds somewhere safe to live and is in a happier place," Tony added.

"But she's not for me."