A Ukrainian mum was in tears as she thanked Slovakians for looking after her 11-year-old son who fled alone and made the 750 mile journey to the border with just his passport, a rucksack and a telephone number written on his hand.
Little Hasan is one of the 1.7 million refugees who has now left Ukraine following the Russian invasion and he managed to cross the border on his own without the help of an adult.
In another harrowing story from Ukraine, he left his family behind in Zaporizhzhia with his widowed mum Julia Pisecka Volodymyrivna having to stay behind to look after her own mum who was too frail to travel.
