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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is hosting thousands of stranded Ukrainians   Official figures show about 5,000 Ukrainians and 15,000 Russians visited the island nation in the month the conflict began. A Ukrainian tourist cries in front of the Russian embassy in Colombo during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine [File: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters] Source: aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org   As the sun dips below the Indian Ocean waves, Ukrainian tourist Viktoria Makarenko and her daughter light incense every evening at a temple in a Sri Lankan beach resort to pray for a return home. Russia’s invasion of the 35-year-old’s homeland in February has left thousands of foreign travellers from the two countries stranded on the tropical island. But Ukrainians with empty wallets, distraught over the fate of loved ones back home, say they have been overwhelmed by support from locals – despite their own travails in the face of a worsening financial crisis. “I love ...