At only 11 years old, he crossed Ukraine alone, to take refuge in Slovakia.
A distance of 1200 kilometers.
On Sunday, Slovak police announced that a young boy had arrived at the border with just a plastic bag, his passport and a phone number written on his hand.
Supported by volunteers, he was then able to find relatives in Bratislava.
His mother, in a video message, wanted to thank the people who took care of her son and said a little more about his journey.
Resident of the Zaporozhye region, near the nuclear power plant occupied by the Russian army since Friday, she explains having to take care of her 84-year-old mother, too old to flee, and therefore decided to send her son, alone , take refuge in Slovakia.