Delivering generators to help people in Ukraine get through sub-zero winter temperatures is the goal of a new charity effort.

Duncan Baker, North Norfolk MP, said he and a small group of others would aim to deliver the generators to the war-torn country in February.

It follows a visit to Lviv in western Ukraine by Mr Baker and others in November, when they delivered food, clothing and other donated essentials. 

Mr Baker, who took in two Ukrainians, Anna Kolomiichuk and her son Sviatik, seven, in April after the war broke out, said: "Since we returned, Putin has bombarded Ukrainian cities with drone and missile attacks, specifically to destroy innocent civilian power infrastructure.

"To break the will of the Ukrainian people, he wants to now freeze and starve them into surrender.

"The group that visited in November want to return with more aid. People are in desperate need of emergency electricity supplies.

"When we visited, we were told by the aid agency that Ukrainians were desperate for generators."

Mr Baker said the average temperature in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, in February ranged from -1C to -8C.

He said he and the others behind the charity drive - Rob Scammell, Michelle Foulkes and Paul East - were hoping to take enough generators to "fill at least a couple of Transit vans" to provide medical care, light, heat, communications and a means to cook food.

Almost £5,000 towards an overall goal of £40,000 has been raised.

Mr Baker said there were three ways the community could pitch in. Donations can be made at justgiving.com/crowdfunding/duncan-baker-nnpower4ukraine.

Otherwise, people can buy a generator themselves at a cost of between £250 and £1,000, and deliver it to Cafe Kitale in St Nicholas Court, North Walsham, which Mr Scammell owns.

Generators can also be collected. To arrange, call Mr Scammell on 01692 407015.

They can also be ordered online at screwfix.com for collection at the North Walsham branch of the chain in Hornbeam Road, from which Mr East can collect them. Generators can also be bought from Toolstation.

February 24 will mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.