Music legend Rod Stewart finds Ukrainian family of seven a home in UK

2022-10-18

Knight in shining armour: Music legend Sir Rod Stewart turns into unlikely landlord by finding ‘lovely’ Ukrainian family-of-seven a home in the UK and pledging to pay their rent and bills for a YEAR after refugees fled Putin’s invasion

Sir Rod has helped Rostyslav, Olena and their five children start a new like in UK
The British singer said he hopes making his actions public might inspire others
He recently met the family of seven, who he has put up in a home in Berkshire
The 77-year-old said he also provided jobs for two other refugees on his estate

Rod Stewart has put up a Ukrainian family of seven and promised to pay their rent and bills for a year after they fled their war-torn homeland.

The legendary British singer has helped husband and wife Rostyslav and Olena and their children Taras, 17, Kostya, 16, Roman, 13, Mariia, 10, and Dymtro, two, start a new life in the UK by finding them a house in Berkshire, furnishing it and paying the bills.

The singer said he usually keeps his ‘charitable efforts nice and quiet,’ but hoped that by making his actions public, they might inspire others to help too. He also said he felt it was his duty as a ‘knight’ to use his power ‘to do something for people’.

And Stewart has recently met the family, who arrived in England with no money and not speaking a word of English, for the first time, according to The Mirror.

Sir Rod told the newspaper: ‘I walked through the door and they all came running down the stairs, all beautifully dressed in Ukrainian national costume.

‘It was so lovely that they all made that effort. They made me a cup of tea and we had loads of biscuits and chocolates, although the baby kept nicking all of mine. It really was wonderful.’

Singer-songwriter Rod Stewart (pictured) has put up a Ukrainian family of seven and promised to pay their rent and bills for a year

The 77-year-old said he has also provided jobs for two other refugees on his Essex estate and is considering buying another house so he can take in a second family.

He said he has been determined to do something since he and his wife Penny started seeing the horrors unfolding on the news.

‘Words couldn’t describe what we were watching,’ he said.

Soon after the invasion of Ukraine in February, he funded three trucks filled with supplies for refugees and had them driven to Ukraine, before using the same vehicles to transport 16 people back to safety in Berlin.

Sir Rod also funded three trucks filled with supplies and had them driven to Ukraine, before using the same vehicles to transport 16 people back to safety in Berlin. (Stock image)

He said he had wanted to go on the journey himself but had been advised against it and instead left it to his nephews Warren and Gavin and with six other volunteers.

BBC radio host Chris Evans revealed Sir Rod’s secret funding efforts back in March, when he discovered live on air that the exterminator he had contacted was busy driving to and from the Ukraine border ferrying refugees, funded by the singer.

Next month will see Sir Rod kick off a string of UK arena dates, playing in Nottingham, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Belfast, London, Birmingham and Manchester.

He told The Mirror that he plans to address the conflict in Ukraine as part of the tour, dedicating shows to the country and its people.

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