A one-year-old who was lost in a Russian forest for four days has promised her mother she will never vanish again.
Lyuda Kuzina, who will be two in the autumn, wandered away from her mother as she played in her unfenced garden near Obninsk in the Smolensk region, just west of Moscow.
The girl, who had no food or water when she disappeared into the dense Russian forest where wild bears and wolves roam, was found alive.
Some 500 searchers joined a massive rescue effort for the girl and hope was fading when she was suddenly found alive.
One-year-old Lyuda Kuzina (right), who was lost in a Russian forest near Obninsk in the Smolensk region for four days has promised her mother Antonina (left) she will never vanish again
In a heart-warming video, Lyuda and her nuclear physicist Antonina can be seen reuniting at the HQ of the search party.
The girl, who was found 2.5miles from her home and was covered in insect bites and wearing no top, was well-enough to drink from a water bottle on her own.
Speaking after her daughter was safely returned to her, BBC News reports that Antonina said: 'She's quite adamant she'll never run away from Mum again.
'Although quite how long she'll remember that promise, I have no idea. But at least she says so.'
Pictured: The moment Antonina (centre) was reunited with Lyuda after she went missing in a dense wooded area
Lyuda disappeared from their family home last Tuesday when Antonina had gone to speak with a neighbour, with Lyuda and her older sister following her - but Lyuda somehow got lost.
Speaking about the moment they found the missing girl, a spokesman for
