British man who left his partner for a Ukrainian refugee less than two weeks after she arrived at their home, has since flown to Ukraine to rekindle the romance with the 22-year-old after the two broke up in September.

The father of two left his children and long term partner for the refugee before the two broke up following a series of drunken arguments.Tony Garnett, 30, has since flown to her home country to give Sofiia Karkadym, 22,another chance after he broke up with her due to "drunken outbursts" and her alleged abusive behaviour towards him.

Tony said the final straw came after an argument in September while celebrating his 30th birthday, stating that the police were called after Sofiia allegedly "rammed a knife into the wall in the kitchen several times while she was drunk". She returned to her home country after her visa expired and Tony said he had made a "huge mistake".

The two initially became an item just ten days after he and his partner of ten years Lorna welcomed the refugee into the home they shared with their two children in Bradford. But not too long after the new relationship left Sofiia "heartbroken" after Tony decided to end the relationship between the two of them.It has been reported that Tony has now met his new girlfriend's family in Ukraine.He told Mail Online:"I think we can make this work. She's a really attractive woman and always has interesting stuff to talk about."I want to know her much better and this time we will take things slower."

Since their breakup, the couple kept in touch and Tony recently visited his her in Ukraine and brought Sofiia back to Yorkshire to give their relationship another go.He said: "I went to Ukraine and brought her back. It was not a great place to be."There were regular power cuts and the Russians fired about missiles at Lviv when I was there. Luckily the Ukrainian defence systems intercepted them. "I hope people give us a break and let us be. I am thick skinned, but there is no place for strangers to insult us on the internet."Sofiia said:

"I love Tony very much and I would like to marry him when we can. I have really missed him."I was very upset when I came here because I left my family behind and I did drink too much. I have promised him that I will never touch any alcohol again and I have not drank any."I am glad that he came to Ukraine to bring me back and that showed me that he really does care for me."I hope Tony and I can stay together forever. We are very good together, but the arguments spoiled everything."