11-year-old boy travels alone to Ukraine's border amid Russian invasion
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Russia-Ukraine war news latest updates: An 11-year-old Ukrainian boy from Zaporozhye, a city in South-eastern Ukraine, reached Slovakia alone, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported on Tuesday.
An 11-year-old Ukrainian boy from Zaporozhye,a city in South-eastern Ukraine, reached its Western neighbour,Slovakia, on his own.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, on Tuesday, reported that the child had made it to Slovakia alone "without adults" and that he was "alright".
"He won everyone over with his smile, fearlessness and determination of a real hero," the department said.
The ministry said that the boy was heading to the border himself, because his parents "had to stay in Ukraine."
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on March 6 tweeted that 1.5 million people have fled the war in Ukraine in the space of 10 days.
10 days.1.5 million people.This is now the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II.In the coming days millions more lives will be uprooted, unless there is an immediate end to this senseless conflict. pic.twitter.com/OmEcGeMRtS
