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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Middleton

Ukrainian boy, 11, who travelled 700 miles alone to Slovakia says he is happy to be safe

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A Ukrainian boy who made a 700-mile journey across Ukraine and into Slovakia has said he “is happy” to be safe from the conflict.

Hassan, with a telephone number scribbled on his hand, a passport, and a plastic bag, travelled hundreds of miles by train as Russian president Vladimir’s Putin’s forces bombarded major cities with air strikes.

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