‘Hero’: Slovakians hail boy, 11, who travelled 700 miles alone from Ukraine

Yulia Pisetskaya’s son had only a plastic bag, a passport and a phone number on his handRussia-Ukraine war: live updatesThe mother of an 11-year-old boy from Ukraine who travelled for nearly 700 miles to Slovakia with just a plastic bag, a passport and a telephone number written on his hand has spoken of her relief at her son’s safe escape from Russian bombs.Yulia Pisetskaya said she had put her son on a train to Slovakia from Zaporizhzhia, close to the nuclear plant that came under attack from Russian forces last week, out of desperation. Continue reading…

Yulia Pisetskaya’s son had only a plastic bag, a passport and a phone number on his hand

The mother of an 11-year-old boy from Ukraine who travelled for nearly 700 miles to Slovakia with just a plastic bag, a passport and a telephone number written on his hand has spoken of her relief at her son’s safe escape from Russian bombs.

Yulia Pisetskaya said she had put her son on a train to Slovakia from Zaporizhzhia, close to the nuclear plant that came under attack from Russian forces last week, out of desperation.

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