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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Refugee boy, 11, travels 600 miles alone from Ukraine to Slovakia with phone number written on hand

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An 11-year-old refugee has been hailed a hero after he travelled more than 600 miles alone from Ukraine to Slovakia to escape Putin’s forces.

The young boy from Zaporizhzhia - the site of the nuclear power plant which captured by Russian forces last week - crossed the border to Slovakia all alone with just a backpack, a plastic bag, a passport and a phone number written on his hand.

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